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Olabode Adaramola
The Niger State Judicial Service Commission (NSJC) has dispensed with the services of a Sharia Court Judge and his Registrar, over an alleged fraudulent transaction in the sale of the Estate of a Client.
The commission, it was gathered also sacked 27 other Judicial staff over certificates racketeering
The shariah court judge and his court registrar were alledged to have diverted the sum of N400million belonging to the family of late Minna based businessman, Alhaji Labaran Kalgo to their personal pockets .
It was further learnt that the money was the proceed of sales of their estates in Abuja and Minna,the State Capital, which was ordered to be sold by the family through court, and the money was to be shared by the heirs of the deceased businessman.
Son of the deceased, Alhaji Mustapha Labaran Kalgo had petitioned the Shariah Court judge and his registrar before the Chief judge of Niger State, Hon. Justice Halima Ibrahim Abdulmalik over the the sales of the Estate.
Further checks revealed that upon the receipt of the petition, the Chief Judge constituted a seven man Committee headed by Justice Balkisu Gambo Yusuf to investigate the allegations raised in the petition which indicted the Shariah Court Judge and the Registrar.
Speaking on the development, the Secretary of Niger State Judicial Service Commission (NJSC), Alhaji Abdulrahman Ahmed Garafini, stated that 20 of the Judicial staff/ employees, were involved in certificates racketeering in their appointment.
