Sharia Court Judge Sacked over Corruption in Borno

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A Judge of the Sharia Court in Maiduguri, Alkali Mohammed Suguli has been dismissed by the Borno State Judicial Service Commission after he was found guilty of corruption.

Suguli, a Judge of Yerwa Civil Sharia Court I, Maiduguri, who was pronounced guilty of bribery and corruption, was said to have "unlawfully sold inherited property."

The expulsion of Suguli was contained in a statement signed by the Secretary of the Borno State Judicial Service Commission, Baba Goni Adam. 

The statement released to the media said: "The Borno state Judicial Service Commission met on October, 30 and 31, 2013 and considered the report of the Public Complaints Committee which investigated a petition by one Bukar Karkarma against Alkali Mohammed Suguli of Yerwa Civil Sharia Court I, Maiduguri.

"The Commission accepted the report of the Public Complaint Committee which found Alkali Mohammed Suguli guilty of gross misconduct in the case of Mallam Bukar Karkarma versus Alhaji Bashir Liman.

"The Judge (Suguli) unlawfully sold inherited property. The Commission consequently dismissed the judge, Alkali Mohammed Suguli from service with effect for the 31st day of October, 2013."

Investigations revealed that the sack of Suguli came after long drawn legal battle that commenced since 2006 when the petitioner, Bukar Karkarma, wrote to the State Chief Judge, seeking redress in the suit before the (now) expelled judge. The petitioner had cried foul that Alkali Suguli may have been bribed to give a ruling against him in the suit between Mallam Bukar Karkarma and Alhaji Bashir Liman, where an order was given for the sale of his inherited property.