Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa on Tuesday lifted the suspension on the state’s Commissioner for Special Duties, Hon. Auwalu Sankara with immediate effect.
A statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Malam Bala Ibrahim and made available to newsmen in Jigawa State on Tuesday confirmed the development.
Grassroots Parrot had reported how the Commissioner was suspended over alleged involvement in adultery reported before the Kano State Hisbah Board.
However, the statement said the lifting of the suspension followed his discharge and acquittal by an Upper Sha’riah Court in Kano against all charges levelled against him.
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It could be recalled that the commissioner discharged and acquitted by the presiding Judge of Kano State Upper Sharia Court, Justice Ibrahim Sarki Yola on Monday.
The judge declared that “Based on the police reports, this case filed against Taslim Baba Nabegu and Auwalu Dalladi Sankara lacks merits and any reliable evidence for the court to proceed with it. Therefore, the case is hereby struck out. The first and second defendants are also discharged.”
The troubled commissioner was in October arraigned before the Sharia Court after he was arrested by officials of the Kano State Hisbah.
The attributed its action to a complaint from one Nasiru Buba Jalam who alleged that the commissioner was having an extramarital affair with his wife.