Isiyaku Ahmed
A non-governmental organization under the aegis of War Against Injustice has called on the Chairman, Kano State Judicial Service Commission, and Chief Judge of Kano State, Hon Justice Nura Sagir Umar to reopen the investigation into bribery and prejudice allegations against senior Magistrate Aminu Gabari of senior magistrate court no. 58 Nomansland, Kano.
The demand was contained in a letter dated 29March 2022 to Hon. Justice Nura Sagir Umar and made available to Stallion Times by its Executive Director, Comrade Umar Ibrahim Umar.
The letter reads;
“We, the executive members of War Against Injustice, a non-governmental and non-partisan organization based in Kano, Kano State whose main objective is to create awareness against social and political injustices as well as violation of fundamental rights of Nigerian citizens, write to call for the proper investigation of the above-captioned matter.
“We read shocking news about a complaint against the said Senior Magistrate Aminu Gabari by one Ismail Maitama Yusuf (a litigant) who claimed that he paid the sum of N400,000 (Four Hundred Thousand Naira Only) in two tranches to the said Magistrate in order to secure the release of a part of his money deposited in the Court.
“This disturbing news was published on 19 March 2022 by Daily Nigerian (an online newspaper operating in Nigeria).
“Our fact-finding report also reveals that there are series of complaints and petitions on various acts of corruption, discriminatory treatments of litigants, and biases against the said Magistrate Aminu Gabari which are yet to be attended to by the Kano State Judiciary.
“We, therefore, urge your good office to immediately open an investigation against the said Senior Magistrate Aminu Gabari in order to save the image of the Kano State Judiciary from ridicule and restore hope and confidence in the minds of poor litigants in the State.
“We finally urge Your Lordship, in the interest of justice and fairness, to temporarily suspend the aforementioned Senior Magistrate from exercising his judicial powers pending the outcome of the investigation of the alleged misconducts leveled against him as that will go a long way in removing doubt in the minds of litigants and other good people of Kano State.”
