Hausa residents born in Jos North are indigenes – Plateau High Court

A Plateau State High Court has ruled that a Hausa person born and raised in Jos North Local Government Area can be recognised as an indigene of the area and is entitled to an indigene certificate.
The case was brought by Fatima Baba Akawu and her father, Baba Alhaji Akawu, after the local government reportedly refused to issue Fatima an indigene certificate because of her Hausa ethnic background.
In his judgment, Justice C. Donglong granted all the reliefs sought by the applicants.
The court held that Fatima, whose father is a recognised indigene of Jos North, should not be denied indigene status because she is Hausa.
The judge described the council’s action as discriminatory, not...