Kano State governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has sacked the Commissioner of Land and Physical Planning, Adamu Kibiya, who threatened judges presiding over the
In a viral video circulated on social media, the sacked Commissioner was heard asking the judges to choose between their lives and their work while delivering the judgement.
“People voted for us and some people are attempting to do injustice. We want to tell the judges that we will not accept this. Any judge that is willing to deprive us of our rights will regret it. Whatever will happen, we won’t care…,” he had said during a protest organised by members of the ruling New Nigeria People’s Party in the state.
But, reacting to the development through the State’s Commissioner for Information, Baba Halilu Dantiye, the government’s spokesman told journalists at Government House in Kano on Friday that the governor had directed the immediate dismissal of Kibiya from his cabinet. He added that Governor Yusuf respects and takes the judiciary in high esteem and would not condone any disrespect to judges.
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