A Kano Upper Shari’a Court One, Kofar Kudu, has fixed Tuesday (tomorrow) to commence hearings on the criminal complaint against the suspended Jigawa State Commissioner for Special Duties, Auwal Danladi Sankara, and one Tasleem Baba Nabegu on allegations of adultery.
The court is presided over by Ustaz Ibrahim Sarki Yola.
The complainant, Alhaji Nasiru Buba, lodged a direct complaint before the court, suspecting that Sankara and his wife, Tasleem, the mother of his two children, have been engaging in illicit affairs, which is against Islamic law.
Recall that the Kano State Hisbah Board arrested Sankara last Thursday in an uncompleted building belonging to him at Lamido Crescent in Nassarawa GRA, within Kano Metropolis, with a married woman.
This prompted the Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi, to suspend the commissioner and set up a five-member panel to investigate the case, which has become an embarrassment to the state.
However, the court registrar informed the parties on Monday that the case was slated for tomorrow, Tuesday, not today, Monday.
Speaking to reporters, the counsel for the complainant, Sa’idu Muhammad Tudu Wada, represented by Barrister Haruna Magashi, said his client lodged a complaint urging the court to order the police or any other agency to investigate Sankara, whom he accused of having an illicit affair with his wife, Tasleem.
“Our client is urging the court to investigate the relationship between his wife and the defendant over the alleged commission of a crime for criminal prosecution or otherwise”, Magashi said.
On his part, the counsel for Danladi Sankara, Shehu Suleiman, stated that his client was surprised to read on social media and in the electronic media that he was arrested by the Kano State Hisbah Board on allegations of having an illicit affair with Tasleem Baba Nabegu, the wife of Nasiru Buba, who is the complainant before the court.
“It is important for journalists and the public to note that this is a matter of ‘direct criminal complaint’ against our client, not a matter instituted by the Kano State Hisbah Board, as per the records of the court and what we know. So this is the direct criminal complaint against our client and the complainant’s wife,” said Barrister Suleiman.
The lawyer added that his client is completely innocent and is eager to appear in court to defend his name.
