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Nigerian Court stops El-Rufai from sacking district, village heads



A High Court in Zaria, Kaduna State has granted an order of interim injunction, restraining Governor Nasir El - Rufai from sacking district and village heads in the state . Justice B. F Zubairu also stopped the state Attorney General , Umma Hikima , the Commissioner, Ministry of Local Government Affairs , Jaafaru Sani , state Council of Emirs and Chiefs , Zazzau Emirate Council and the state House of Assembly from acting on the matter .

The court further restrained any action by themselves or via their agents, servants and privies or any one , committee, task force , ministry or howsoever described. According to the ruling , the defendants must not take any step whatsoever to fill the offices of district and village heads within their domains , pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice .
Lawal Iro ( Magajin Mallam Zazzau Hakimin Samaru ), Falalu Umaru ( Maharin Zazzau Hakimin Dutsen Abba and Isah Suleiman ( Danmalikin Zazzau Hakimin Nassarawan Doya ) had filed the suit on behalf of the affected monarchs .

Meanwhile , the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union ( SOKAPU) has announced plans to establish community tertiary institutions in Kaduna State . This followed the frustration of students affected in the continued closure of some tertiary institutions in southern Kaduna .
The union ’ s President and Secretary, Solomon K. Musa and Anton Ogah Amba disclosed this yesterday at a stakeholders’ summit in Kafanchan . According to them, there is no reason for the schools to remain closed since December 2016 , when the state government had admitted that peace has been restored in the area .

The leaders urged government to re-open the closed institutions immediately if it doesn ’ t have some hidden motives . “ This is more so as primary and secondary schools , markets and other public institutions are carrying out their activities peacefully in the area , ” they said .
SOKAPU dissociated itself from the recent quit notice to the Igbo and pledged to maintain a cordial relationship with them against the parochial threats by a coalition of sectional youth groups .
The union urged El ’ Rufai to reverse the decision , adding that they play critical roles in bringing peace and stability to the heterogeneous state . The union pledged the “ readiness of the 53 community development associations of southern Kaduna to take over the salaries of the affected monarchs . ”The union pledged support for the country ’ s restructuring and called for the creation of Gurara State from the present Kaduna State .
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