Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Bauchi State
branch, Barrister Mahmud Mohammed Maidoki has urged the Nigerian
police to tackle extra-judicial killings by an outlawed outfit
known as ‘Ba beli ‘.
He made the call in Bauchi Thursday during the inauguration of
the newly elected officials of Young Lawyers Forum, an affiliate
body in the Association.
He lamented that the group has been extra-judicially executing
supposed criminals in communities across the state.
Maidoki noted that the group’s activities were not only illegal
but worrisome because they allegedly kill innocent people instead
of taking them to the police for further prosecution.
He charged security operatives to intensify efforts in fighting
crimes in the state to protect the lives and properties of
citizens.
The NBA chairman alleged that members of the notorious ‘Ba Beli”
have illegally arrogated to themselves the power of adjudicating
and executing suspected criminals without authorisation.
” My lords, I want to register our utmost dismay on the attitude
of the Nigerian Police in handling the emerging militia most
particularly called ‘Yan Ba Beli ‘ meaning literally a group of
illegal frontiers instant adjudication of supposed crimes which
usually execute innocent people devoid of the notion of fair
hearing ‘. He said.
Speaking earlier, the outgoing chairman of the young lawyers
forum, Barrister Idris Safiyanu Gambo explained that the forum was
established in 2016 to groom newcomers into the profession
comprising of lawyers age between one to seven years post call.
The new executives of the forum inaugurated by the Bauchi State
chief judge at the state high court complex include Abbas Mu’azu as
Chairman, Yusuf Abdullahi Aliyu, Vice Chairman and Habila Isa Barau
as secretary .
Others were Auwal Abdul Aziz as Assistant Secretary, Kabiru
Ibrahim, Financial Secretary, Amazadu Vivian Iwu, Treasurer, S. F
Famare, Publicity Secretary while Yusuf Uba Kabiru is the new
provost of the forum.
Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Bauchi State
branch, Barrister Mahmud Mohammed Maidoki has urged the Nigerian
police to tackle extra-judicial killings by an outlawed outfit
known as ‘Ba beli ‘.
He made the call in Bauchi Thursday during the inauguration of
the newly elected officials of Young Lawyers Forum, an affiliate
body in the Association.
He lamented that the group has been extra-judicially executing
supposed criminals in communities across the state.
Maidoki noted that the group’s activities were not only illegal
but worrisome because they allegedly kill innocent people instead
of taking them to the police for further prosecution.
He charged security operatives to intensify efforts in fighting
crimes in the state to protect the lives and properties of
citizens.
The NBA chairman alleged that members of the notorious ‘Ba Beli”
have illegally arrogated to themselves the power of adjudicating
and executing suspected criminals without authorisation.
” My lords, I want to register our utmost dismay on the attitude
of the Nigerian Police in handling the emerging militia most
particularly called ‘Yan Ba Beli ‘ meaning literally a group of
illegal frontiers instant adjudication of supposed crimes which
usually execute innocent people devoid of the notion of fair
hearing ‘. He said.
Speaking earlier, the outgoing chairman of the young lawyers
forum, Barrister Idris Safiyanu Gambo explained that the forum was
established in 2016 to groom newcomers into the profession
comprising of lawyers age between one to seven years post call.
The new executives of the forum inaugurated by the Bauchi State
chief judge at the state high court complex include Abbas Mu’azu as
Chairman, Yusuf Abdullahi Aliyu, Vice Chairman and Habila Isa Barau
as secretary .
Others were Auwal Abdul Aziz as Assistant Secretary, Kabiru
Ibrahim, Financial Secretary, Amazadu Vivian Iwu, Treasurer, S. F
Famare, Publicity Secretary while Yusuf Uba Kabiru is the new
provost of the forum.