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Police confirm abduction of Judge in Katsina
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The Katsina State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of a Shari’ah Court Judge by unknown gunmen on Tuesday evening.
The Command Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah, confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Katsina.
He said that the incident occurred at about 3pm in the old court premises located between Baure and Zakka villages in Safana Local Government Area.
He said that the court had been relocated to Safana due to security challenges in the area, and it was not clear why the judge went there without security cover.
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Police confirm abduction of Shari’ah Court Judge in Katsina
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The Katsina State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of a Shari’ah Court Judge by unknown gunmen on Tuesday evening.
The Command Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah, confirmed the incident in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday in Katsina.
He said that the incident occurred at about 3 pm in the old court premises located between Baure and Zakka villages in Safana Local Government Area.
He said that the court had been relocated to Safana due to security challenges in the area, and it was not clear why the judge went there without security cover.
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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.
He said that the incident occurred at about 3pm in the old court premises located between Baure and Zakka villages in Safana Local Government Area. He said that the court had been relocated to Safana due to security challenges in the area, and it was not clear why the judge went there without security cover.
Isa said that all courts in the state had been under lock due to the strike by judiciary workers.
“Yes, it is true that the judge,
Hussaini Samaila
has been abducted while the courts are on strike. The court had stopped sitting in that area for long.