Justice Simon Amobeda of the Federal High court has given Justice Faruk Adamu and Justice Zuwaira Yusuf, judges of Kano State High court 48 hours to resign as Chairmen of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry on Misappropriated Public Properties and Assets as well as Political Violence and Missing Persons.
Delivering a judgement on Thursday in a suit filed by former Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Justice Amobeda held that the National Judicial Council should stop payment of any remuneration, allowances and benefits meant for the two judges from the consolidated revenue fund if they failed to comply with the order.
The court also held that the governor had no power to appoint and administer oath of office for them to serve as chairmen of commission of inquiry, an office meant for commissioners in the exercise of executive powers assigned to them.
The court, however, disagreed with the argument of the plaintiff’s counsel that the judges cease to be judicial officers by accepting to be members of the judicial commission of inquiry.
Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, had on April 4, 2024 inaugurated two judicial commissions of inquiry under the chairmanship of Justices Adamu and Yusuf to investigate cases of misappropriation of public properties, political violence and cases of missing persons from 2015 to 2023.
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