Gombe NBA wants Gov Yahaya to sign death warrant of trigger happy police man
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Gombe State branch on Wednesday appealed to the State Governor, Muhammadu Yahaya to sign the death warrant of Abba Jessy who is on death row.
Jessy a convicted police officer, who is said to have killed late Barrister Mado and has so far exhausted every legal avenue open to him to prove his innocence.
According to the Chairman, Ahmed Tukur, the bar is dismayed by the nasty prevalence of brutality on lawyers by security agents.
He made this disclosure during a special court sitting marking the 2021/2022 legal year at Court One of the Gombe State High Court.
Tukur said, “Though these unprofessional and condemned attitudes of some bad eggs amongst among the security agencies did not start in our administration. Record shows that learned senior late Mado, Esq. was killed by trigger happy police officer Abba Jessy who is now on death row after exhausting all his appeals as of right at both appellate and the apex court.
“So, also the brutality of some officers of Nigerian Correctional Services against our learned senior late Joseph Kolchi Esq. of the blessed memory and the attack against the person of his worship Suleiman Kumo Esq. by officers of the Federal Road Safety Commission Gombe State Sector.”
While cautioning the various security agencies about all forms of violence on members of the public or the bar, he urged the public to be law abiding.
“On this note, while urging all our members and the general public to remain law abiding citizens, we call on the sector commandant of the FRSC to call his officers to order more particularly on the modus operandi of their operations in the state.
“We appeal to his excellency the Governor of Gombe State to sign a death warrant on the execution of the convict Abba Jessy who was found guilty, convicted and sentenced to death to avenge the blood of our learned colleague late Mado of the blessed memory,” Tukur said
On his part, Governor Muhammadu Yahaya, who did not react to the plea of NBA said criminal justice delivery is a collective responsibility of all stakeholders in the judicial system.
He noted that his administration is committed to the smooth processes of the judicial processes, especially in the discharge of statutory responsibilities during the year under review.
The governor commended the bench and bar for the speedy dispensation of cases, especially in the lower courts where bulk of the cases are usually filed and
According to Yahaya, “Let me reiterate that our administration is committed to ensuring a strong and independent Judiciary in order to facilitate fair and speedy dispensation of justice as well as the overall transformation of this very important arm of Government.”
