A Taraba State High Court sitting in Jalingo has awarded a fine of N300,000 against the Taraba State government. The court also ruled that it had jurisdiction to entertain the case of the alleged arbitrary creation of Kwararafa Chiefdom out of Gassol Chiefdom as brought before it by Mallam Ibrahim Isah. The ruling was given on Friday by the trial judge, Justice Dauda Buba, in response to an interlocutory objection by the defendants challenging the court's jurisdiction and the expiration of the period for filing the suit by the plaintiff.
A Taraba State High Court sitting in Jalingo has awarded a fine of N300,000 against the Taraba State government.The court also ruled that it had jurisdiction to entertain the case of the alleged arbitrary creation of Kwararafa Chiefdom out of Gassol Chiefdom as brought before it by Mallam Ibrahim Isah.
The defendants are the Taraba State government, the Attorney General of the state, and Kwararafa Chiefdom.Isah took the matter to court to challenge then-Governor Darious Ishaku’s creation of Kwararafa Chiefdom out of Gassol Chiefdom.
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