Justice Kurya Resumes Sitting After Suspension
By Ogbolu George with agency report
A Judge of a Jos Federal High Court II Justice Musa Kurya on Monday resumed sitting 12 days after the National Judicial Commission (NJC) lifted the suspension order on him and five other judges.
NJC had suspended the officials over alleged involvement in corrupt dealings which attracted the attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
NJC, however, lifted the order of suspension and directed them to return to their duty posts.
NAN reports that Kurya, who entered the Court at 9.40 am, quickly called up the first case involving a 25-year-old man, Bright Isalor, who was allegedly caught with hard drugs and charged to court by the NDLEA.
Isalor had been in detention for nine months because the court did not sit to hear his bail application.
Speedy hearing
Kurya apologised over his absence from court and its effect on detainees, and promised a speedy hearing of cases to make up for lost time.
”I am sure that many people have remained in prison since last October because there was no one to hear their matter.
”Whoever knows of any person that was unjustly treated while I was away should please come forward and tell me so that we can see how we can correct such injustice,” he said.
Legal aid
The judge also pleaded with the Welfare Department of the Jos Prison to submit names of suspects without counsels so that they would be assisted by the Legal Aid Council.
