Wata babbar kotun tarayya da ke zamanta a Gusau, jihar Zamfara, ta ce Hukumar Yaki da yi wa Tattalin Arzikin Kasa Ta’annati (EFCC) ba ta da hurumin gayyato ma’aikatan gwamnatin jihar da suka yi aiki da kuma na baya domin bayyana yadda ake amfani da kudaden jihar.
Da yake yanke hukunci kan karar da gwamnatin Zamfara da babban lauyan gwamnatin jihar suka shigar a kan hukumar yaki da cin hanci da rashawa ta EFCC da kuma babban lauyan gwamnatin tarayya, Aminu Bappa Aliyu, shugaban alkalin kotun, ya ce hurumin tantance asusun gwamnatin jihar Zamfara, ba ta hannun wanda ake kara na farko (EFCC) ko wata hukuma, mutum ko kungiya ko kungiya in ban da babban Odita-janar na jihar.
Kotun ta kuma yi watsi da wasikar gayyatar EFCC mai kwanan wata 28 ga Satumba, 2021, ko kuma wata ranar da ta gabata da jami’an gwamnatin jihar Zamfara, tare da lura da cewa irin wannan wasikar “kasancewar ultra vires ikon wanda ake kara na 1st”, ba shi da amfani kuma babu wani tasiri.
An bayar da wadannan umarni da sauran su ne bayan kotu ta saurari jawabin Abdulfathu Shehu, lauyan masu kara; da Adebisi Adeniyi da P. A. Attah, masu ba da shawara ga wadanda ake tuhuma, a cikin takardar karar da aka shigar a ranar 16 ga Nuwamba, 2021 mai lamba: FHC/GS/CS/30/2021.
Da yake bibiyar matakan da suka shigar, Aliyu ya amince da dukkanin rokon da masu shigar da kara suka yi, yana mai jaddada cewa majalisar dokokin jihar Zamfara da kuma babban mai binciken kudi na jihar ne kadai ke da hurumin neman bayani ko kuma gayyato jami’an gwamnati a kan lamarin yadda ake kashe kudaden jihar, ba EFCC ko AGF ba.
Gwamnatin jihar ta kuma roki kotun da ta haramtawa EFCC gayyato, kamawa ko tsare duk wani jami’in gwamnati dangane da wawure kudaden jama’a a jihar wanda hakan ya sabawa karfin hukumar yaki da rashawa.
Alkalin da ke jagorantar shari’ar ya amince da rokon masu karar gaba daya, yana mai cewa: “An bayyana cewa, dangane da tanadin sashe na 120, 121, 122. 123, 124, 128 da 129 na kundin tsarin mulkin tarayyar Najeriya, 1999 , wanda aka yi wa kwaskwarima, wanda ake kara na 1 (EFCC) ba shi da hurumin gayyata (ta wasiku, kiran waya ko kuma wata hanyar sadarwa) masu aiki da ma’aikatan da suka gabata na mai kara da nufin yin bayanin yadda aka kashe kudaden jihar, kuma ana amfani da alawus-alawus na tafiye-tafiye, ko kuma ana amfani da su, a lokacin da irin wadannan kudade suka kai ga babban Odita-Janar da Majalisar Dokokin Jihar Zamfara suna da ikon da tsarin mulki ya ba su damar gudanar da bincike da yin amfani da iko a kan haka.
“An bayyana cewa bayan an natsu kuma an yi fassarar da ta dace na tanadin sashe na 125 na kundin tsarin mulkin tarayyar Najeriya na shekarar 1999 da aka yi wa kwaskwarima, ikon karbar bayanan kudi da asusun ajiyar jihar Zamfara na hannun babban akanta. A jihar Zamfara wanda ake kara na 1 ko wata hukuma ko mutum ko kungiya ko in ban da babban Odita Janar na jihar Zamfara babu wanda yake da hurumin binciken kudi.
“An bayyana cewa, bayan da aka yi kyakkyawan fassara na tanadin sashe na 125 na kundin tsarin mulkin tarayyar Najeriya na shekarar 1999 da aka yi wa kwaskwarima, ikon tantance asusun gwamnati na jihar Zamfara ba ya hannun wanda ake kara na 1 ko wata hukuma ko mutum ko kungiya ko banda na babban mai binciken kudi na jihar Zamfara.
“An ba da umarnin hana wanda ake tuhuma na 1 da kansa, wakilansa, ma’aikatansa, bayinsa, jami’an tsaro, masu zaman kansu, jami’an bincike da duk wani mutum da duk sunansa, daga gayyata, ko kara gayyata, tsoratarwa, cin zarafi da barazanar kamawa ko tsarewa, ko kamawa ko tsare duk wani jami’in da ya gabata ko na yanzu na mai shigar da kara na 1 bisa hujja ko makamancin haka kamar yadda aka bayyana a nan.”
