A Federal High Court in Kano has issued an ex-parte order suspending the activities of two judicial commissions of inquiry established by the Kano state government to investigate the administration of former Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
It could be recalled that Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf had last month inaugurated two judicial commissions of inquiry into cases of misappropriation of public property, political violence and missing persons between 2015 and 2023 when Ganduje, now the national chairman of the All-Progressives Congress (APC), governed the state.
The commissions, headed by Justices Zuwaira Yusuf and Faruk Lawan, have since commenced sittings.
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The court order, which came in response to an ex-parte motion filed by Ganduje, listed the two justices heading the commissions, the Kano state attorney general, the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, and the National Judicial Council (NJC) as respondents.
Justice S.A. Amobeda, who granted the order, restrained the two justices from exercising executive functions assigned to them by the governor in courtrooms designated for adjudicating disputes in Kano. The order also directed the commissions to halt any further proceedings until the court hears and determines the case.
The court has scheduled an expedited hearing for May 28 to further address the matter.
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Amobeda, who granted the order, restrained the two justices from exercising executive functions assigned to them by the governor in courtrooms designated for adjudicating disputes in Kano. The order also directed the commissions to halt any further proceedings until the court hears and determines the case.
