Ahmed Abubakar, Dutse
The State High Court sitting in Dutse, Jigawa State, on Wednesday, discharged and aquitted the former governor of the state, Alhaji Sule Lamido, who was standing trial since 2017, following a suite instituted against him by the Jigawa State Government.
The state government had dragged former Governor Lamido before Magistrate Court II in Dutse, on charges of inciting disturbances, disturbance of Public Peace, criminal Intermidation and deformation of character.
Defence Counsel, Barr. Yakubu Ruba, challenged the Magistrate court on its jurisdiction to hear and determined the changes prepared against his client, on the ground that the action was not initiated in accordance to the provision of section 141 of the CPC Law of Jigawa State.
The Magistrate, presiding over the case, Usman Mohammed Lamin, over ruled the summission of the Defence Counsel, insisting that there was no violation of laid down procedure hence, the trial continues.
In the course of the trial, the Defence Counsel, filed an appealed before the state High Court based on his earlier submission and that asked the Magistrate court to adjourned the case sine die.
In their Judgement, the Justices of the State High Court, Justices Ahmed Musa Gumel, Umar Sadiq and Abdulhadi Suleman, discharged and acquitted the former governor and set aside all charges initiated against him as earlier prayed in his counsel’s submission.