Three persons have been arraigned before Magistrate Court 1, Birnin Kebbi for allegedly assaulting Chief Magistrate Umar Salihu Kokani.
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The three accused persons are Aliyu Shehu,Yahyah Badare,Surajo Shehu. They are all staff of Ministry of Higher Education,Kebbi State.
They were arraigned with the case marked BK/358c’/2022 for Criminal conspiracy, criminal false, assault, and defamation contrary to section 373 of Kebbi State Penal code law of 2021.
While arraigning the accused persons,Police Prosecutor, Inspector Jibril Abba told the Court that the three defendants were staff of the Ministry of Higher Education,Kebbi state and they allegedly assaulting Chief
Magistrate Kokani when he was performing ablution in the mosque.
He said they were arrested by the police after the plantiff reported them.
Prosecutor told the Court that,they are ready to open their case,but due to the absence of the principal witness,they would seek for an adjournment of the case to 28th November 2022 for further mention.
The accused were not represented by any Counsel in the Court.
Trial Magistrate, Magistrate Hassan Kwaido, adjourned the case to 28th November,2022 for further hearing and ruling on the application.
Speaking to newsmen after the adjournment of the case, Counsel to the Latiffany Dan-Yaro Majidadi, explained that,all what they want is justice to the Plattiff, who is the Chief Magistrate of Court 3 in Kebbi state.
Barrister Majidadi wonder, if a Chief Magistrate could be assaulted by anybody without consequences, it would send wrong signal to the people in the larger society that anybody could be assaulted and Scot free.
“What we want is justice. We don’t want a situation where people would be taking law into their hands and believing that, nothing would happen. Sometimes ago,a Magistrate of Court was assassinated in Kebbi state by suspected person. Till now, there is no justice. So, we want the situation to change, so that, people would not be taking law into their hands and dare that there wouldn’t be consequences “, he said.
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