A 3-member panel of the Courtroom of Attraction, Abuja, on Friday, overturned the Code of Conduct Tribunal’s (CCT) determination to droop the Chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Fee (PCACC), Muhuyi Magaji.

Within the ruling, Justice Umaru Fadawu, who delivered the lead judgment, sided with Magaji’s counsel, Mr. Adeola Adedipe (SAN), asserting that the tribunal’s suspension order had been prejudicial and denied Magaji a good listening to.

Justice Fadawu instructed that the case be reassigned to a brand new panel on the CCT.

This determination got here after the CCT, led by Justice Danladi Umar, had ordered Magaji’s suspension on April 4, 2024.

The suspension was based mostly on allegations of misconduct filed by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB).

Justice Umar had dominated that the CCT had the authority to listen to the case, dismissing Magaji’s movement in opposition to the order.

The tribunal additionally directed the Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, and the Secretary to the State Authorities to nominate an appearing chairman for the PCACC whereas the case was ongoing, to forestall interference with the trial.

In response, Magaji, via his counsel, appealed the choice to the Courtroom of Attraction. His attraction, filed on April 5, outlined 5 grounds for the reversal of the tribunal’s ruling.

Magaji argued that the CCT had violated his proper to a good trial and had prematurely decided his guilt by ordering his suspension.

He additionally contended that the tribunal had acted past its jurisdiction by instructing Governor Yusuf and the SSG to nominate an appearing chairman, as they weren’t events to the case.

Magaji additional claimed that the tribunal had speculatively discovered him able to interfering with witnesses with out presenting any substantial proof.

The appellant’s authorized staff additionally argued that the tribunal had raised points about contradictions in his affidavit with out giving him a good alternative to reply, thus denying him his proper to a good listening to.

With the Courtroom of Attraction’s ruling, the case now stands to be reviewed once more by a contemporary CCT panel, paving the best way for a brand new listening to of the allegations in opposition to Magaji.