A Federal High Court sitting in Gombe on Wednesday ordered the Gombe Geographic Information System management and its immediate past Director-General, Kabiru-Usman Hassan, to release documents relating to the redesign of the Shehu Abubakar District Layout and to also pay N200,000 as costs to the applicant, Nafi’u Abubakar.
Justice Amina Mohammed, who presided over the matter at the Federal High Court No. 1, delivered the judgment after finding out that the respondents violated the provisions of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011 by failing to respond to the applicant’s request within the period prescribed by law.
The court granted Reliefs 1, 2, 3 and 4 sought by the applicant, but declined Reliefs 5 and 6, except for awarding N200,000 as costs.
The suit, filed on January 8, 2026 by the applicant’s counsel, Barrister M. U. Faruk, was brought pursuant to Sections 1, 2, 4, 7 and 20 of the Freedom of Information Act, 2011.
Barrister Musa Adamu Kumo represented the respondents.
