A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court has ordered that two State Shari’a Court judges, 16 other financial registrars and a cashier be remanded in a correction
The police charged Saadatu Umar, Bashir Kurawa, Tijjani Abdullahi, Hussaina Imam, Shamsu Sani and Maryam Jibrin-Garba with five counts of criminal conspiracy, joint act, criminal breach of trust by a public servant, theft and forgery.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Zahraddeen Mata told the court that an official complaint was received on Aug. 20, 2021, from the Ministry of Justice by the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission. ”The two signatories to the Stanbic IBTC bank account 0020667440 belonging to the State Sharia Court of Appeal were forged by the defendants and stole N484 million.
“The N96.2 million was remitted by the State Pension Fund Trustee to the bank accounts of Kano Sharia Court Appeal. And stole the amount through eight Sharia Courts under the State Sharia Court Appeal without the consent of the authorizing authority”, Zahraddeen Mata said.The Defence Counsel, Garzali Datti, prayed the court exercises its jurisdiction judiciously and admits the defendants on bail.
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