Yola High court adjourn Fufore Emirate suit to 4th Dec for continuation of Defense

Yola High court adjourn Fufore Emirate suit to 4th Dec.for continuation of Defense.

From Umar Dankano, Yola.

Yola High court has adjourned the legal suit between three traditional title holders of Adamawa Emirate council, the state government and Fufore Emirate over legitimacy of Emirate’s creation.

Justice Musa Usman after hearing both the plaintiff’s and defendant’s counsels examining the sole witness of the defense, Abubakar Jijiwa,Wazirin Fufore announced the adjournment of the case to 4th December 2025 for Continuation examination and cross examination of the defense.

While under examination by the prosecution and defense counsels, Jijiwa was asked to confirm to the court if he was part of the stakeholders that requested for the creation of the Fufore Emirate and he confirmed in the affirmative saying “We wrote a letter of request for the creation of the fufore Emirate to the Adamawa state Governor (H.E Gov.Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri) dated 9th December 2024.

Speaking to journalists, the prosecution led counsel, Mohammed Nuruddeen SAN, said that the 4th defendant has given evidence in the court while the third defendant couldn’t make it to the court because he was bereaved noting that the case has been adjourned to 4th December for progress.

Answering a question on the earlier withdrawals of appeals by the two defense counsels at the court of Appeal accusing the trial court (High court) of not allowing their application for preliminary objections regarding some issues, Nuruddeen advanced that the defense counsels filed interlocutory Appeals and the prosecution counsels responded swiftly.

“They filed interlocutory Appeals and we responded,so when we went to the court of Appeal,they withdrew their Appeals and the Appeals were dismissed.

“They said that, the court didn’t consider their Applications for preliminary objection instead of ruling the court adjourned with sunsuit adjournment which in our view was the right thing to do,so we responded in like manner.

“When they saw the Appeals were going no where,they withdrew and the Appeals were dismissed by the court forthwith.

Recall that, the state government created Fufore emirate out the Adamawa Emirate this year which informed three

concerned citizens including; Alhaji Musa Halilu Ahmed (Dujiman Adamawa),Alh.Mustapha Dahiru Mustapha (Yeriman Adamawa),and Alhaji Mustapha Ahmed (Sarki Noma Adamawa) to challenged the process in court believing the development to be distortion to the heritage of the Fombina dynasty.