The Jigawa State High Court will commence its annual vacation on July 8, 2024, marking the end of the 2023/2024 legal year for the state judiciary.
This announcement was made in a statement issued to Journalists by Abbas Rufa’i Wangara, Director of Protocol and Publicity for the State Judiciary.
The statement read: “Pursuant to the provision of Order 45 Rule 5(1) of the Jigawa State High Court Civil Procedure Rules (Subsidiary Legislation) Cap. H-2, Laws of Jigawa State, 2012, His Lordship, the State Chief Judge Hon. Justice Umar M. Sadiq, has the power to declare the Court on Vacation.”
It further stated: “By the provision of the Jigawa State High Court 2023/2024 Legal Calendar, all high court judges shall be on vacation from Monday, July 8, 2024, to Friday, September 13, 2024, and will resume official activities on Monday, September 16, 2024.”
During the vacation period, Hon. Justice Mustapha Bello Adamu of High Court No. 9 Hadejia and Hon. Justice Auwal Ya’u of High Court No. 10 Hadejia will serve as vacation judges.
They will be sitting at the judicial complex in Dutse.
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