Suspended Zamfara Lawmakers File Lawsuit Against Speaker, Attorney General And Others

A lawsuit has been filed at the Federal High Court in Gusau, against the the State Attorney-General and Commissioner For Justice, Abdulaziz Sani (SAN); the embattled Speaker of Zamfara State House of Assembly, Bilyaminu Moriki; the Clerk of the State Assembly, Mahmoud Mohammed; the Nigeria Police Force (NPF); the Commissioner of Police Zamfara State Command, Mohammed Dalijan; and the Department of State Service (DSS), by eight lawmakers suspended from Zamfara State House of Assembly.

The lawmakers stated that there's been a breach of their constitutional rights to liberty, dignity of human person, fair hearing, and taking of property without following due process.

The lawmakers alleged that the embattled speaker in connection with the police, DSS, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), have embarked on an attempt to arrest and prosecute them on grounds that 17 members of the State Assembly had sat on February 22, 2024, for a plenary session, and for breaking into the Zamfara State House of Assembly.

In court on Monday, March 18, counsel to the eight suspended state lawmakers, Ibrahim Alli, then sought a date for the matter to be heard, to enable them to serve the other respondents.

The Presiding judge, Justice Aminu Bappa, granted the motion and adjourned the case to April 29th, 2024.