Former Governor of Sokoto State and Senator representing Sokoto South Senatorial District, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has dragged the Sokoto State Government to court over its alleged failure to release the report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry that investigated his administration.
Tambuwal, who governed the state from 2015 to 2023, is challenging what he described as the deliberate withholding of the report by the administration of Governor Ahmed Aliyu.
The suit, marked SS/133/2026, was filed before Justice Mohammed Mohammed of the Sokoto State High Court 6 through his counsel, U.O. Sule, SAN.
Joined as defendants in the suit are Governor Ahmed Aliyu, the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, and the Sokoto State Commission of Inquiry.
At the centre of the legal action is the alleged refusal by the state government and the commission to provide Tambuwal with a copy of the report despite the conclusion of the commission’s proceedings and its submission to the government.
The Judicial Commission of Inquiry was established by the Ahmed Aliyu administration to investigate the activities, financial transactions and other matters relating to the Tambuwal administration between 2015 and 2023.
The commission was chaired by a former Chief Judge of Gombe State, Justice Mu’azu Pindiga, who was appointed to lead the inquiry into Tambuwal’s eight-year administration.
In the originating summons, Tambuwal asked the court to compel the defendants to make the full report of the commission available to him so that he could know its findings and recommendations, if any, against him.
According to the senator, access to the report is necessary for him to prepare an appropriate response and exercise his constitutional right to fair hearing should the commission’s findings contain any adverse conclusions against him.
The suit has now brought the lingering controversy surrounding the commission’s report before the court, putting the Sokoto State Government under judicial scrutiny over its continued retention of the document.
The court has fixed November 9, 2026, for hearing in the matter.