Two Sharia Court judges, a cashier and 16 other financial registrars accused of stealing the sum of N580.2 million were on Wednesday admitted to bail by a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano, Kano State capital. SaharaReporters had reported that the accused persons were charged before the Magistrates’ Court on five counts of criminal conspiracy, joint act, criminal breach of trust by a public servant, theft and forgery.
Eight Sharia Court judges and seven Sharia Commission staff members have been remanded in prison custody over the alleged diversion of N99 million, belonging to orphans in Kano state. A magistrate court in Kano presided over by Mustapha Sa'ad Datti, issued the remand order on Thursday following charges of diverting N99 million brought against the 15 persons before the court by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Magistrate Datti ordered that the defendants should remain behind bars, going forward to the next sitting.
A magistrate court in Kano State has ordered eight Sharia Court judges and seven Sharia Commission staff members to be remanded in prison custody over the
Two State Shari’a Court judges, a cashier and 16 other financial registrars were on Thursday remanded in prison by a Kano State Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged N580.2 million theft. The police had charged suspects with five counts of criminal conspiracy, joint act, criminal breach of trust by a public servant, theft and forgery. The suspects include Bashir Kurawa, Saadatu Umar, Tijjani Abdullahi, Maryam Jibrin-Garba, Shamsu Sani and Hussaina Imam, Sani Ali Muhammad, Sani Buba-Aliyu and Bashir Baffa.