The Zazzau Emirate Council has suspended a district head, Marafan Yamman Zazzau, Alhaji Mustapha Adamu Ubaidu.
The media and publicity aide to the emirate council Abdullahi Aliyu Kwarbai announced the suspension in a statement on Tuesday.
He said the decision was arrived at the Emirate Council’s meeting held on Monday.
Kwarbai said Ubaidu took law into his hands and violated ethics, adding that the District Head’s suspension was indefinite.
The statement adds: “The council has also received and deliberated on a number of complaints from residents of Anguwar Magajiya in Zaria city.”
“In view of these, the Zazzau Emirate Council has immediately suspended Alhaji Mustapha Adamu Ubaidu, Marafan Yamman Zazzau from his traditional title indefinitely,” it said.
He said Ubaidu had handed down a judgement for an offence alleged to have been committed by one Yusuf Yahaya Sabo of Anguwar Magajiya without any legal prosecution.
The council however accused him of exceeding his traditional and constitutional mandate by taking law into his hands.
The release warned all district, village and ward heads as well as all traditional title holders in the emirate to desist from violating code of ethics and taking the laws into their hands.
