The Human and Environmental Development Agenda has written a petition to the National Judicial Council asking it to probe Justice I. A. Jamil of the Kogi State High Court of Justice.

The NJC was asked to probe the judge over alleged abuse of power in granting an order stopping the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from arresting and prosecuting a former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello.

The letter obtained by our correspondent on Friday was addressed to the Chief Justice of Nigeria.

The petition was titled, “Re: Complaint against Honourable Justice I.A of the High Court of Justice, Kogi State for abuse of judicial power in entertaining and granting ‘order to show cause’ in a suit where not only the court has become functus officio, but the order sought to be enforced is non-existent and sundry misconduct (in respect of suit number HCL/68M/2023).

It read, “The complaint of Human and Environmental Development Agenda

Resource Centre) against the Honourable Justice I. A. Jamil of the Kogi State High Court, is for gross abuse of his judicial powers in entertaining and granting ‘order to show cause’ against the Chairman of the Commission in a suit that not only the Kogi State High Court has become functus officio but the order sought to be enforced is non-existence at the time the ‘order to show cause’ was made.

” We are of the view that the order to show cause granted as per Motion HCL/190M/2024 are designed to annoy, irritate, and portray the commission in bad light.

“The order to show cause was granted in a very disturbing and unnecessary circumstance. The order was granted by his Lordship in the above suit on 25th day of April, 2024 in very questionable circumstances.”

Listing the grounds for the complaint, the petition added, “Suit Number: HCL/68M/2023 Between Alhaji Yahaya Bello v. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission was filed on 8th day of February, 2024 by Alhaji Yahaya Bello (“The Applicant”) for the enforcement of his fundamental rights seeking certain declaratory orders against the Commission. The crux/objective of his claim as constituted in the Originating motion was for the court’s enforcement of his fundamental rights particularly by restraining the Commission from inviting, detaining, arresting and/or prosecuting the Applicant:
The Originating Motion is herein attached and marked as “Exhibit 1.”

Meanwhile, the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, rejected the request of the former governor to halt trial in the hearing of the N80.2bn fraud charges brought against him.

Bello asked the court to stay execution in his trial before Justice Emeka Nwite, because there is an appeal filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, before the Court of Appeal, Abuja division, against the contempt application filed by the defendant against the EFCC chairman, Ola Olukayode.

Justice Nwite, in his ruling however rejected the application made by Bello through his lawyer Abdulwahab Mohammed (SAN).

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