A high court judge in Dutse, Justice Ahmed Isa, has expressed
dismay over the inability of the Jigawa State House of Assembly to
adhere to court directives where it ordered for the restoration of
entitlements of suspended Gumel member, Alhaji Sani Isyaku.
Justice Isa on Tuesday lamented: ‘It is sad that lawmakers in
the 21st century are those amongst lawbreakers and I wonder how
they would expect ordinary citizens to strictly comply with the
same rules they’ve promulgated themselves.’
The high court judge was speaking on the premise of
nullification of the suspension of Alhaji Sani Isyaku Abubakar, a
member representing Gumel constituency in the Jigawa State House of
Assembly.
The Speaker had in May announced the indefinite suspension of
some members over their complicity in the alleged attempt to
assault the state governor while attending a marriage ceremony in
Hadejia.
The high court judge had earlier ordered that all the rights and
privileges of the suspended member must be restored pending the
determination of the motion on notice for an interlocutory
injunction which was never done.
The state assembly had not complied with the court order
restraining the respondents from further interfering, tempering or
doing anything inimical to the rights and privileges of the
applicant as a member representing Gumel constituency in the state
assembly.
The lead counsel of the complainant Prof Mamman Lawan, SAN, had
later accused the state assembly of a breach of law by refusing to
give the complainant fair hearing before his indefinite
suspension.
He said the assembly ought to have respected its own house rules
by referring such issues to the ethics and privileges committee for
investigation and advise that would be discussed on the floor of
the assembly.
He said the fundamental rights of the member was abused by
shortchanging the members that elected him to represent them.
The case has been postponed for hearing to June 23rd
A high court judge in Dutse, Justice Ahmed Isa, has expressed
dismay over the inability of the Jigawa State House of Assembly to
adhere to court directives where it ordered for the restoration of
entitlements of suspended Gumel member, Alhaji Sani Isyaku.
Justice Isa on Tuesday lamented: ‘It is sad that lawmakers in
the 21st century are those amongst lawbreakers and I wonder how
they would expect ordinary citizens to strictly comply with the
same rules they’ve promulgated themselves.’
The high court judge was speaking on the premise of
nullification of the suspension of Alhaji Sani Isyaku Abubakar, a
member representing Gumel constituency in the Jigawa State House of
Assembly.
The Speaker had in May announced the indefinite suspension of
some members over their complicity in the alleged attempt to
assault the state governor while attending a marriage ceremony in
Hadejia.
The high court judge had earlier ordered that all the rights and
privileges of the suspended member must be restored pending the
determination of the motion on notice for an interlocutory
injunction which was never done.
The state assembly had not complied with the court order
restraining the respondents from further interfering, tempering or
doing anything inimical to the rights and privileges of the
applicant as a member representing Gumel constituency in the state
assembly.
The lead counsel of the complainant Prof Mamman Lawan, SAN, had
later accused the state assembly of a breach of law by refusing to
give the complainant fair hearing before his indefinite
suspension.
He said the assembly ought to have respected its own house rules
by referring such issues to the ethics and privileges committee for
investigation and advise that would be discussed on the floor of
the assembly.
He said the fundamental rights of the member was abused by
shortchanging the members that elected him to represent them.
The case has been postponed for hearing to June 23rd