A courtroom in Kano has ordered the Kano State Authorities to pay a complete of N1m as prices in a authorized dispute involving former commissioners over the official automobiles given to them whereas in workplace.

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The Nationwide Industrial Court in Kano, led by Justice Mahmood Abba Namtari, gave the order on Tuesday after the state authorities requested for extra time to put together its response within the case.

The case was filed by 5 former commissioners who need the courtroom to cease the Kano State Authorities from taking again the official automobiles they used throughout their time in workplace.

Throughout the listening to, the lawyer representing the Kano State Authorities, Barrister S. U. Jibril, instructed the courtroom that the federal government was not prepared to proceed with the case.

He defined that he was solely knowledgeable in regards to the matter on Monday afternoon and had not had sufficient time to put together the mandatory paperwork.

“We have been briefed yesterday round 2:30 p.m. by the workplace of the primary defendant. We tried to get our papers prepared however couldn’t full them. We’re asking for one more date,” he stated.

Nevertheless, the lawyer representing the former commissioners, Suraj Sa’ed (SAN), stated he had no downside with the request for an adjournment.

Nonetheless, he requested the courtroom to award prices to his shoppers as a result of the federal government had already obtained the courtroom paperwork earlier and may have ready its response.

Sa’ed requested N1m in prices for every case, arguing that the delay had triggered inconvenience to the claimants.

In response, Jibril opposed the request. He argued that the federal government was nonetheless throughout the authorized time allowed to submit its paperwork.

“My lord, we shouldn’t be requested to pay prices. All of the respondents have been served on March 3, and we’re nonetheless inside time to file our papers,” he stated.

However Justice Namtari famous that courtroom information confirmed the defendants have been really served earlier, on February 26.

The choose then ordered the respondents to pay N200,000 in prices for every of the 5 associated instances, bringing the full to N1 million. The courtroom additionally postponed additional listening to of the case till April 28, 2026.

The former commissioners who filed the swimsuit embrace Dr. Yusuf Ibrahim Okay/Mata, AVM Ibrahim Umar (Rtd), Nasir Sule Garo, Adamu Aliyu Kibiya, and Mustapha Rabi’u.

They requested the courtroom to cease the Kano State Authorities from accumulating the official automobiles given to them throughout their tenure.

The defendants within the case are the Legal professional Basic of Kano State, the Governor of Kano State, and the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Fee.

Earlier, the courtroom had rejected a request by the former commissioners for an pressing order to instantly cease the federal government from retrieving the automobiles.

The choose dominated that each side should first current their arguments earlier than any non permanent order may very well be granted.

The dispute is a part of an ongoing authorized battle over whether or not former Kano commissioners have the correct to preserve official automobiles assigned to them whereas they have been in workplace.