Niger CJ Faults Incarceration of Suspect Without Trial by Sharia Court Judge

From Yakubu Mustapha Minna

The Niger State Chief Judge, Justice Halima Ibrahim Abdulmalik has described the unprofessional conduct of an Upper Shariah Court Judge Abbas Mohammed of Kpakungu in Minna as Pharaoh.
Justice Halima made this known during her ongoing visit to the correctional facilities in the Minna Medium security correctional custody said she is worried with already battered inmate of the Judiciary
The Chief Judge stated that for a Shariah Court Judge to unjustly incarcerated a suspect without any trial call for a serious concern describing the act of the Shariah Court Judge as that of Pharaoh.
However, the Shariah Court Judge kept a suspect in correctional custody without any charges against him and he failed to explain to the chief judge the offence the Suspect committed that led to his incarceration.
The chief Judge however expressed concern on the behavior of some Shariah Court Judges in the state decried the unprofessional manner in their adjudication of Justice in their courts.
He promised to use the instrumental of the laid down procedure to reprimand any judicial officers that engage in any unprofessional conduct in the discharge of its duty.