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The National Judicial Council (NJC) has suspended the Grand Kadi of the Yobe State Sharia Court, Justice Shu’aibu Talba and Justice Abdulkareem of the Osun State High Court over allegations of age falsification.
The Street Journal in August reported how a petition was filed against the Grand Kadi by one Malam Zakar Adamu, the Chairman of Movement for Justice in Nigeria, alleging that Justice Talba falsified his age on two occasions, from February 1, 1955, to August 27, 1955, and finally to December 30, 1959, to escape retirement. This newspaper also shared the salaries and allowances the Grand Kadi has been receiving.
The NJC, in its virtual sitting held on December 16, 2020, said it found merit in the petition filed against Grand Kadi Talba, therefore, recommended his compulsory retirement to the state governor, Mai Mala Buni, as well as, the deduction of all salaries he received since the date he was supposed to retire (February 2020).