Majalisar Shari’a ta Kasa (NJC) ta yi watsi da alkalan biyu, wadanda suka hada da Alkalin Babbar Kotun Jihar Imo, Justice T. E. Chukwuemeka Chikeka, da Grand Kadi na Jihar Yobe, Kadi Babagana Mahdi, saboda karya shekarun haihuwa.
Wannan shawara ta NJC ta zo ne bayan taron majalisar a ranakun 13 da 14 ga watan Nuwamba, 2024, inda ta gano cewa Kadi Babagana Mahdi ya yi karya a shekarun haihuwarsa, inda aka samu ranakun haihuwa uku daban-daban a shekarar 1959, wanda hakika shekararsa ta haihuwa ita ce 1952.
Kuma, Justice Chikeka ya yi karya a shekarun haihuwarsa, inda aka samu ranakun haihuwa biyu daban-daban: Oktoba 27, 1956, da Oktoba 27, 1958. NJC ta gano cewa ranar 27 Oktoba 1956 ita ce ranar haihuwa da aka yi amfani da ita akai, amma a shekarar 2006, Alkalin ya raka affidavit ya canza ranar haihuwarsa zuwa Oktoba 27, 1958.
Majalisar NJC ta kuma hana alkalan biyu daga yin aiki na shekara daya ba tare da albashin su ba, sannan ta sanya su a jerin “Watch-List” na shekaru biyu. Alkalan sun hada da Justice G. C. Aguma na Kotun Koli ta Jihar Rivers da Justice A. O. Nwabunike na Kotun Koli ta Jihar Anambra.
NJC ta gano cewa Justice Aguma ya aikata laifin karya ta hanyar taimakawa wani mai shari’a wanda ya samu hukunci a Kotun Koli ta Babban Birnin Tarayya, Abuja, sannan ya kai hukuncin a shiyyar Bori na Kotun Koli ta Jihar Rivers.
Kuma, Justice Nwabunike ya karya ka’idojin Code of Conduct for Judicial Officers ta shekarar 2016, sannan ya karya ka’idojin stare decisis ta hanyar tafsirin kalmar “aspirant” daban-daban, da kuma karya ikon shari’a ta hanyar ba da umarni na ex parte ba tare da Motion on Notice ba.
