NEW APPEAL COURT JUDGES: Cross section of the newly appointed Justices of the Court of Appeal, during their swearing-in ceremony by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, at the Supreme Court in Abuja, yesterday. Photo: Gbemiga Olamikan.
ILORIN—The Kwara State State chapter of the Magistrates Association of Nigeria, MAN, yesterday began an indefinite strike over alleged attempt by state Judicial Service Commission, JSC, to promote four of them appointed in 2012 as senior magistrates.
The four magistrates at the centre of controversy include Ahmed Maryam Belgore, Baraje Abdulkadir Bilqis, Haruna Danladi Mohammed and Shafi Lukman.
This was contained in a statement jointly signed by the chairman and secretary of the association, Kudirat Yahaya and Oluwatosin Adeniyi respectively.
The magistrates are demanding among others that,”the appointment of the four magistrates be reversed to Magistrates Grade II in consonance with the rules and convention as well as “that the promotion of Ahmed Belgore and Baraje Abdulkadir to senior Magistrates II be reversed.’’
They also stated ‘’that the selective promotion of Magistrates Wahab Saka and Bayo Gegele should be deferred until July 2014 when the set will be due.”
The association had earlier given the JSC a 14-day ultimatum within which to address their grievances which expired on June 23, this year.
Following the development, the association had emebarked on a three- day warning strike before yesterday’s indefinite strike.
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