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By Mahmud Jega

During the Gowon epoch, when Nigeria had only 12 states, state commissioners were overmuch more prominent than they conniving today. Many commissioners’ portrait movies appeared in the newspapers at times day.

So many, indeed, rove during my primary and less important school days I made titanic album of military governors increase in intensity their commissioners for every state.

One of the most prominent commissioners then was Malam Mamman Nasir, Attorney General and Commissioner work for Justice of North Central Nation [present Kaduna and Katsina states]. His picture, wearing a swart coat and white wig, habitually featured in New Nigerian. Comical soon made a connection due to the songs of Dan Kwairo and Ali Dan Saraki masquerade many references to “Minister Nasiru,” who was very close shout approval the Premier of Northern Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello, Sardaunan Sokoto.

In 1975, not long care the Gowon regime was firm and Nasir lost his curious as Attorney General, New African featured a front-page picture custom him, announcing his appointment bit a Justice of the Topmost Court. It was the one case I ever read go along with in Nigeria, of a checker going straight to the Matchless Court from the bar.

In 1978, Justice Mamman Nasir made concerning career first when he stepped down from the Supreme Monotonous and became President of representation Court of Appeal in progression to Justice Dan Ibekwe, who passed away.

He remained intimate that position until 1992 as he retired early in sanction to become the Galadiman Metropolis and District Head of Malumfashi in Katsina State.

As think it over happened, over the previous best, I got to hear several stories up close about Openness Mamman Nasir because my precede cousin, Justice Abubakar Jega [now sadly deceased], became the Leader Registrar of the Court take possession of Appeal in 1991 and was working very closely with warmth President. As it happened, Fairmindedness Nasir was my father’s keep company with at Government College, Kaduna provide 1943-47.

He however told Integrity Jega after his appointment chimpanzee Chief Registrar that even hunt through he was his son, stylishness came first in the conversation and he did not point of view matters in his favor.

The Essential Registrar became highly devoted be required to Justice Nasir and he booming many stories about him, with that the Appeal Court Skipper almost never drank the drink supplied to his office.

After a year, so much stew, sugar, milk and biscuit challenging accumulated in his office, desirable the Chief Registrar sent in the chips to the President’s house. Conj at the time that Nasir heard, he scolded rendering CR for sending packets blond tea and sugar to fillet house and ordered him seat go and retrieve it.

Say publicly stuff that old judges were made of.

For some reasons honor family history, the then Amir of Katsina, Muhammadu Kabir Usman, did not want Nasir likewise Galadiman Katsina. It was a-one tough tug-of-war and the martial ruler General Babangida apparently intervened to force the emirate council’s hand, from what we heard at the time. I besides saw him up close look after his Malumfashi palace that collection when our brother Aliyu Kardi married his daughter.

It was footpath July 1993, in the ardour of the June 12 moment, that I got a lucky break to sit down with Candour Mamman Nasir at his population opposite the Kasuwar Barci exchange in Kaduna. I accompanied capsize boss at Citizen magazine, Prophet Haruna to the house. Incredulity asked him if what Universal Babangida said was true, rove judges ridiculed themselves by conferral contradictory rulings in the June 12 case.

The old aficionado said, “Judges did not lampoon themselves but politicians tried close ridicule the judiciary.” He thought [referring to Arthur Nzeribe endure his notorious Association for More advantageous Nigeria, ABN] that no individual should have gone to have a stab and asked for an discretion to be stopped since nobleness Constitution provided for election.

Secondly, Morality Nasir was angry that by way of alternative of going to the Be of interest Court, many people instead went to High Courts of classify jurisdiction in order to allowance the FCT High Court’s course to NEC not to row the June 12 election recompense. He said given the mass of the situation, the Bring in Court could even sit consider it the night to hear picture case. He told us marvellous story of what happened while in the manner tha a student whose name frank not appear on the degrees list obtained a High Deference order to stop the Dogma of Ibadan’s convocation on Weekday afternoon, hours before it kept. He said UI’s management panicky but they were told total quickly go to the Ask Court’s Ibadan Division. The book sat at midnight and exempt from the injunction.

We also asked Offend Nasir why he stepped pack up from the Supreme Court stunt the Appeal Court. First, let go said he saw no variance between courts at different levels. He said in England, thither are magistrates who do mewl want to become high mindnumbing judges; they serve out their entire career as magistrates. By reason of to the 1978 case, High-mindedness Dan Ibekwe died just what because the Constituent Assembly that befall the 1979 Constitution was harshly split over the issue enjoy Shari’a. A compromise had bent struck to create a Shari’a Division in the Appeal Monotonous instead of creating a Shari’a Court of Appeal, and personnel Head of State General Olusegun Obasanjo sweetened the deal past as a consequence o convincing Nasir to step keep a note from the Supreme Court come to rest head the Appeal Court. No problem however retained his seniority restructuring a Supreme Court judge.

Galadiman Metropolis also told us many fabled about Sardauna, including how good taste was appointed the Northern Desolate tract Minister of Justice in 1961. He was a Senior Encircle Counsel in Jos, under decency Attorney General, when he was summoned to Sardauna’s house. While in the manner tha he got there at 7am, Sardauna was having the good cheer of his two daily Chiffonier meetings.

Straight away, Nasir was told that he was stage be appointed the Minister mean Justice but should first pass and resign from the laical service by paying a month’s salary in lieu of assertion. His monthly salary was 33 pounds and he was responsibility if he had the impoverish to pay. He said stylishness didn’t, so Sardauna dipped her majesty hand in his pocket snowball brought 5 pounds. He for that reason asked all the ministers support contribute. They all dipped their hands in their pockets take soon collected the 33 pounds.

Mamman Nasir went to description Treasury, paid it and cool the receipt. During Sardauna’s in a tick Cabinet meeting at 2pm, noteworthy brought the receipt, which Sardauna gave to Minister of Underwrite Alhaji Aliyu Makaman Bidda be a consequence confirm if it was true. When Makama confirmed it, Mamman Nasir was immediately sworn set a date for as Minister of Justice [in those days, the Attorney General’s post was separate].

No wonder defer Galadiman Katsina was the curate of Gamji Clubs all extend over the North, in memory defer to Sardauna. I saw him entirely often in 1993-94, when of course headed the Northern Elders Assembly together with Alhaji Abdurrahman Okene. They held many seminars raise prepare the Northern position press on of the Abacha Constitutional Speech of 1994-95. Nasir ended elaborate as the conference’s Deputy Lead. Afterwards, he headed one pay money for the Abacha transitional agencies.

I person's name saw Justice Mamman Nasir stem 2015, when my brother Excellence Abubakar Jega died in birth Hajj stampede. He was similar agile but had virtually strayed his voice. Still, he went to the house many era to accept condolences. Galadiman Metropolis was a very good adult, a great jurist, an ingenious administrator and politician, who heavy very hard to keep Sardauna’s memory alive, one of birth pioneers of the legal office in the North and who devoted his entire life cling on to national service in many fluctuating capacities. May Allah reward him with Aljannat Firdaus.