Kano Judge sacked by NJC For Allegedly Collecting N197million Bribe

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On Friday, The National Judicial Council recommended to President Muhammadu Buhari, the compulsory retirement of Justice Mohammed Tsamiya from office – the Ilorin Division of the Court of Appeal.

Recall that Justice Tasmiya was sanctioned over allegations over a case of a party of one Nnamdi Oji, where on three times and on each occasion, demanded the sum of N200m to influence the Court of Appeal panel in Owerri, which sat on election cases that arose from the 2015 general elections.

According to an official  statement by its Acting Director, Information, Mr. Soji Oye, the NJC disclosed that it recommended the Chief Judge of Enugu State, Justice I. A. Umezulike, for compulsory retirement and Justice Kabiru Auta of Kano State High Court for dismissal.

In respect of Justice Tsamiya, the statement read in part, “Hon. Justice Mohammed Ladan Tsamiya of the Court of Appeal was recommended for compulsory retirement from Office to President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, pursuant to the ‘Findings’ by the Council in the petition written by Nnamdi Iro Oji against him and Hon. Justices Husseini Muktar, F. O. Akinbami and J. Y. Tukur, all Justices of Court of Appeal, who sat on Election Appeal Panel in the Owerri Division of the Court during the 2015 general elections.”

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