The Kano State Judicial Service Commission has queried two Upper Sharia Court Judges for various offenses bordering on judicial impropriety.
The commission considered the disciplinary action during the recently concluded 80th meeting where the recommendations of the investigation conducted by Judiciary Public Complaints Committee adopted.
The affected Judge, Mansur Ibrahim of the Upper Sharia Court was issued formal warning upon an evidence that confirmed he apply derogatory language against a litigant.
Similarly, an Upper Sharia Court Judge Nasiru Ahmad also served query and formally cautioned for ordering the detention of a judgment debtor in a manner that suggested personal interest and compromised judicial impartiality.
The Commission, in a statement issued by Baba Jibo Ibrahim, spokesman of the state Judiciary on Sunday evening reminded all judicial officers to maintain restraint and always respect the dignity of court users.
The Commission emphasized that discretionary powers must be exercised with the utmost fairness and objectivity to preserve public confidence in the judiciary while reaffirms its zero-tolerance policy toward misconduct and corruption.
Meanwhile, the commission suspended Ibrahim Adamu, a Principal Registrar II of the High Court of Justice for six months wirhout salaries and deferred promotion for verbal assault and attempt to exchange physical combat with a superior officer.
Adamu who was said to have committed similar violence related offences and series of queries is found guilty of gross misconduct necessitated the disciplinary sanction against him.
Also sanctioned, a principal Registrar Maigida Lawan of the Sharia Court of Appeal who was found guilty of demanding and accepting improper gratification under false pretences. The Commission demoted Lawan by one grade level from GL-13 to GL-12 and suspended him for six months without pay.
” In line with the mandate, the Commission adopted the recommendations of the investigations carried out by the Judiciary Public Complaints Committee and resolved to suspend two court registrars and issue formal warnings to two Upper Sharia Court judges whose conduct fell short of expected standards.
“In addition to the specific sanctions against those individuals, the Commission issued a strong warning to all court staff, anyone found engaging in corrupt practices will be directed to proceed on compulsory retirement, as the JSC will not and cannot condone any act of corruption”. The statement read.
