How bandits kidnapped judge three months after invading his court
Bandits had, in February, invaded the same court and took away a suspect from the dock. 2 min read
Local residents have narrated how armed bandits on Tuesday invaded a Shari’a Court in Baure-Zaka in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State and kidnapped the judge.
Although courts in the state are closed due to the nationwide strike by judiciary workers, the judge, Huseini Sama’ila, was said to have decided to clear the backlog of cases before his court.
He was at it on Tuesday when the gunmen reportedly arrived on motorcycles, dragged the judge out of the courtroom and and took him away on their motorcycles, the court’s deputy registrar, Ibrahim Shillo, told PREMIUM TIMES.
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Katsina Governor, Aminu Masari, has assented to the Child Protection Bill.
The Chief Registrar of the Katsina State High Court, Kabir Shua’ibu, confirmed the development in an interview with newsmen on Sunday.
Shua’ibu said. “Yes, the governor has assented to the bill. The child protection bill has become a law in the state. You can quote me.”
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The governor reportedly assented to the bill on December 29, 2020, after the Katsina House of Assembly passed it into law on November 25, 2020.
Tagged “Katsina state Child Protection Bill 2020”, the lawmakers unanimously passed the bill into law.
The House Deputy Speaker, Shehu Tafoki, from Faskari Constituency, after the passage of the bill into law, said “I thank my fellow lawmakers for the passage of the bill. I feel happy and elated as being the chairman of the committee that worked on the bill and which it was eventually passed into law. The passage of the bill means better future a