August 1, 2025

Niger State Judicial Service Commission has dismissed two judges and a Senior Registrar For offences bordering on gross misconduct.

In Statement by the Secretary of the Commission, Hauwa Kulu Isah he said that the stringent measures were taken to uphold the integrity and accountability of its state judicial officers and other staff .

The decision followed thorough and extensive deliberations by the Members of the Commission on the reports of the Investigation Committees constituted by the Commission to investigate the petitions on allegations of various misconducts and abuse of judicial power against the staff in question.

Amongst the key decisions, Chief Magistrate Isaac Yisa of Chief Magistrate Court Kontagora was dismissed from service with immediate effect alongside the Court Registrar Muhammad Alhaji Ahmed.

“Their dismissal stems from Serious Misconduct, which includes receipt of a gratification from a litigant to grant bail, refusal, granting bail without due regards to the laid down procedure, lack of proper record of proceedings among others.

“The Registrar, Muhammad Alhaji Ahmad, was also found to have requested and received the sum of Ten Thousand Naira through his account as gratification before filling a bail bond and production warrant to release a litigant from detention.

Similarly, the Commission equally dismissed from service Hon. Fatihu Hassan, a judge of Upper Sharia Court, Wushishi, for receiving the sum of Eight Hundred Thousand Naira in a land dispute matter before him and failure to determine the matter between the parties.

The statement added that the dismissed staff’s actions were found to be in contravention of various sections of the Niger State Judicial Service Regulations 2018 and consequently dismissed the affected staff under Section 61 of the Regulations.

Furthermore the Commission compulsorily retired from service Ramatu Suleiman, the Registrar of Sharia Court Bida for conflicts of interest and complexities in a matter of administration of the estate of late Alhaji Hussaini Babbana Katcha.

She is found to have been engaged in another employment as (RIFAN COORDINATOR) while in the services
of Niger state Judiciary, acts that contravenes section 58 (1) V and liable for dismissal under Section 61 of Commission’s Regulations 2018.

Earlier the Commission during its 151″ Meeting held on the 1 of July 2025 equally sanctioned Sadiq Samaila of Magistrate Court 2 Kontagora, Hon. Idris Alhaji Idris of Sharia Court Lapai, a Senior Registrar and a court clerk to different forms of disciplinary action having been found culpable by the investigation Committee that investigated the petitions against them.