Bogo Chief Magistrate Court Adjourns ‘Motion for Striking Out’ Trafficking Case To Jan 18
By Chima Azubuike
The Chief Magistrate of Bogo Court VIII, Japheth Maida, has adjourned the case involving a Gombe-based Human Right Activist, Musa Ali-Maishanu, and the Commissioner of Police to 18th January 2023.
Recall that Ali-Maishanu, the Regional Coordinator of an International Non-Governmental Organisation, Global Pan-Africanism Network Nigeria (GPAN), who is on bail, was detained and arraigned by the police for threatening to organise a protest against the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).
The Defense Counsel Barr. Ibrahim Ambore-Nuhu, in a motion dated 12th December 2022 is seeking for an order of the court striking out the case for want of diligent prosecution.
Our Correspondent reports that Ali-Maishanu allegedly threatened NAPTIP with protest for refusing to treat with justice a case of a 27-year-old woman, Hauwa’u Musa, popularly known as ‘Ladidi,’ who was taken from the state since she was underaged to Adamawa, married off, when she became an adult without the consent of her mother.
Speaking during the brief Court proceeding, Prosecution Counsel Barr. Musa Adamu-kumo, who was represented by Barr. Jonah Lah, asked for adjournment to enable them respond to the motion.
According to Ambore-Nuhu, the prosecution was properly served, explaining that the adjournment which he conceded to would enable the respondent, respond to the motion.
