JUST-IN: Court Grants Indigene Status To Hausas Born In Jos

A Plateau State High Court has ruled that Hausas born and raised in Jos North Local Government Area are entitled to be recognised as indigenes, declaring that ethnicity cannot be used as a basis for denying constitutional rights and privileges.
Justice C. Donglong delivered the judgement in a suit filed by Fatima Baba Akawu and her father, Baba Alhaji Akawu, against Jos North Local Government Area Council over the refusal to issue the first claimant a Certificate of Indigeneship despite her being born and raised in the local government area.
The applicants had approached the court seeking the determination of four issues, including whether Fatima Akawu, by virtue of her birth in Jos N...