On Whether the Governor of a State is a person contemplated under section 2(a) of the Public Officers’ (Protection) Law - {Abubakar & Anor. v. Executive Governor, Gombe State & Ors. [2015] 59 N.L.L.R Law (Part 205) 334}
The intention of the legislature is to provide protection for public officers, corporate and unincorporate bodies in the discharge of their public assignments. Used in the wide sense, the term any person will cover both natural human being and other bodies, corporate and unincorporate, thus the State Executive Governor is a person and therefore covered under the aforementioned law. In the instant case, the State Governor is a public officer and ‘any person’ within the meaning of section 2 (a) of the Public Officers’ (Protection) Law, Cap. 127 of the Laws of Gombe State, 1991. [Alhaji Aliyu Ibrahim v. Judicial Service Committee, Kaduna State & Others (1998) 14 NWLR (Pt. 584) 1 at page 49 referred to.] (P. 380, Paras. D-G)
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