Updated: Nigerian judge sacked for collecting N50,000 bribe from litigant

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The Jigawa State Judicial Service Commission has sacked Justice Safiyanu Muhammad Dabi of the Upper Shari’a Court, Birnin Kudu for collecting a N50,000 bribe of from a litigant.

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Disclosing this in a statement signed by the Director of Publicity and Protocol Matters, State Judiciary, Abbas Rufa’i Wangara, he said the judge collected the sum of N50,000 as a bribe when the litigant appeared before him while he was at Upper Shari’a Court, Birnin Kudu.

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The statement said following extensive deliberations by the Judicial Service Commission during its 170th meeting, the Commission unanimously resolved to compulsorily retire the judge.

The Commission, additionally warned judicial staff to shun all forms of corruption and bribery in the state, reaffirming “its commitment to dealing with any staff found wanting in the discharge of his/her official assignment.”/SHARE THIS

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