Traditional ruler to Gov. Sule: Caution Appointees Over Interference in Chieftaincy Selection

By Able Daniel, Lafia

A caller chieftaincy quality is brewing successful Nasarawa State pursuing the alleged interference of immoderate authorities officials successful the assignment of a caller accepted ruler successful Lafia North Development Area.

The Ward Head of Alingani Village, Alhaji Kashim Ibrahim Atoshi, has appealed to Governor Abdullahi Sule to caution his appointees against meddling successful the enactment process for the presumption of Oron Akye, a second-class accepted stool.

Through his lawyer, Barrister Aliyu Idris, Alhaji Kashim urged the politician to nonstop the Commissioner for Local Government, Community Development, and Chieftaincy Affairs to suspend the purported enactment of Mr. Dalhatu Mohammed Omiya arsenic Oron Akye portion a substantive suit connected the substance is inactive pending earlier the High Court of Justice, Doma.

According to the royal father, the government’s enactment amounts to contempt of court, arsenic the enactment was carried retired contempt the beingness of Suit No. NSD/LF27/2022, which is astatine the last signifier of judgment. He alleged that the assignment proceeded successful disregard of a duly filed and served urgent question for interim and interlocutory injunctions.

Alhaji Kashim described the determination arsenic a “deliberate enactment of illegality” that violates some the regularisation of instrumentality and the autochthonal customs guiding the Oron Akye stool.

“The presumption of Oron Akye is rotational. Following the demise of the precocious occupant from Ugah Village, the crown is owed to rotate to Alingani Village, wherever I americium the valid Ward Head,” helium stated.

“The enactment of Mr. Dalhatu Mohammed Omiya violates the rotational rule arsenic provided nether Nasarawa State Law No. 2 of 2013,” helium added.

He further alleged that immoderate individuals with vested interests influenced the process contempt protests from salient accepted rulers crossed the state.

“The enactment intelligibly lacks accepted legitimacy and enactment from the bulk of the radical of Alingani, Gwayaka, Kiguna, and Ugah villages that marque up the chiefdom,” helium said.

Alhaji Kashim’s connection besides accused definite officials wrong the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, arsenic good arsenic members of the State Traditional Council, of acting successful atrocious religion and misleading the government.

“These officials, exploiting the impermanent lack of the proceedings judge, provided faulty counsel to the state, starring to an enactment of terrible illegality and a nonstop affront to the judiciary,” the connection read.

The accepted ruler’s counsel, Barr. Idris, truthful called connected the Nasarawa State Government to acceptable speech the enactment and assignment of Mr. Omiya, describing it arsenic a usurpation of a subsisting tribunal process.

Meanwhile, Alhaji Kashim appealed to each aggrieved parties and members of the affected communities to stay calm and law-abiding portion expressing assurance successful the judiciary to present justice.

“The judiciary remains the past anticipation of the communal man. We are hopeful that the tribunal volition nullify this unlawful assignment and authorisation those liable for this contemptuous act,” helium assured.

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