BEVERLY HILLS, CA, NOVEMBER 01, (THEWILL) – The Borno State Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has dismissed a judge of the Sharia High Court , Maiduguri, the state capital, over corruption.
The sacked judge, Alkali Mohammed Suguli , of Yerwa Civil Sharia Court I, was found guilty of unlawfully selling some inherited property .
His dismissal was contained in a statement signed by JSC Secretary , Baba Goni Adam, on Friday .
“The Borno State Judicial Service Commission met on the 30th and 31st day of October, 2013 and considered the report of the Public Complaints Committee which investigated a petition by one Bukar Karkarma against Alkali Mohammed Suguli of Yerwa Civil Sharia Court I, Maiduguri.
“The Commission accepted the report of the Public Complaint Committee which found Alkali Mohammed Suguli guilty of gross misconduct in the case of Mallam Bukar Karkarma versus Alhaji Bashir Liman.
“The Judge (Suguli) unlawfully sold inherited property. The Commission consequently dismissed the judge, Alkali Mohammed Suguli from service with effect for the 31st day of October, 2013,” the statement said.
Impeccable sources said the dismissal of Suguli came after a long drawn legal battle that commenced in 2006 when one Bukar Karkarma petitioned the State Chief Judge, seeking redress in the suit before Suguli . Karkarma, it was gathered , had complained that Suguli may have been bribed to give a ruling against him in the suit between him and Alhaji Bashir Liman, where an order was given for the disposal of his inherited property.
