Jigawa judicial commission recommends judge for compulsory retirement over ‘misconduct’

The Jigawa state judicial service commission has recommended the compulsory retirement of Alkali Muhammad, an upper sharia court judge, over allegations of misconduct.

In a statement on Saturday, Abbas Rufa’i, spokesperson of the commission, said the judge committed an offence when a litigant appeared before him at an upper sharia court in Birnin Kudu.

However, the details of the offence were not disclosed in the statement.

Rufai said the decision to recommend the judge for the punishment was reached at the 70th meeting of the commission held in Dutse on Thursday.

He said the commission “sternly advised” judicial officers to abstain from all forms of corruption including bribery, while reaffirming its resolve to punish errant staff.

At the meeting, the commission appointed four senior staff of the service to various positions.

Aliyu Muhammed was appointed as deputy chief registrar II, sharia court of appeal;  Abdulrashid Alhassan as chief inspector, shari’a court of appeal; Muhammad Lawan as zonal deputy chief inspector, sharia court of appeal and Muhammad Adamu also as zonal deputy chief inspector, sharia court of appeal.