The accused judicial officials are staff of the Kano State Shari’a Court of Appeal. They include court registrars, cashiers, other...
, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of three Sharia court judges, and 12 other judicial workers over the alleged theft of N500 million.
The accused judicial officials are staff of the Kano State Shari’a Court of Appeal. They include court registrars, cashiers, other workers, and some external collaborators. The prosecution counsel also told the court the accused perpetrated financial fraud by criminally facilitating the withdrawal of N96,250,000.00 from the Kano State Pension Fund Trustee to the Account of the Shari’a court and subsequently siphoned the same amount into different private accounts.
The defence lawyers argued that the application was brought under sections 35 and 36 of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended and sections 168 and 172 of Administration of Criminal Justice Law 2019 of Kano.All the defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges, and their lawyers applied for their bail.
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