An Abuja based businesswoman, Hajiya Habiba Abubakar Abdullahi has filed a case against a high court judge who she alleged swindled her of a whopping sum of N60million over a land deal.
According to a document presented in court, which read thus: “The National Judicial Council, NJC has queried an Abuja High Court judge, Justice D.Z. Senchi asking him to explain within three weeks his role in shady land deals in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja.
The query, was personally signed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman, National Judicial Council, Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar with Ref. No. NJC/F.4/HC.25/1/231 and was dated 4th December, 2013.
An Abuja based lawyer, Ayuba Abdul had on 19th November, 2013 filed a petition before the NJC on behalf of his client, Hajiya Habiba Abubakar Abdullahi, alleging that Justice Danlami Senchi of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja allegedly engaged in acts unbecoming of a judicial officer.
Investigation also revealed that this same judge had two queries in his file for lack of good conduct.
According to Ayuba, Justice Senchi approached his client for favours via fictitious names that presented Justice Senchi as one and the same person as Mohammed Tanko. According to Ayuba, having double identity is a criminal offence.
The petitioner alleged that as a judicial officer, Justice Senchi was not supposed to own interest in companies, yet he has several companies across the country.
Ayuba also stated in the letter that: "Our client is of the belief that Justice Senchi had deceived her into buying a land which title he knows to be defective".
Ayuba averred that Justice Senchi is indebted to his client to the tune of N3,000,000, (three million Naira), being balance of monies he received on sale of land as well as 50% of the total value of plot 258/182 which had earlier been valued at N60million.
The legal practitioner said his client had earlier written the judge demanding for amicable settlement of the impasse without response, stressing that Justice Senchi kept telling his client that she could do whatever she deems fit.
"We are by this petition calling on you (the Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman, National Judicial Council, Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar) to use your good office to investigate these allegations against Justice Danlami Senchi with a view to ensuring that he pays our client the entire amount due to her as well as ensure that he is dealt with in his capacity as a judicial officer," Ayuba stated.
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