In Katsina, gunmen abduct Shari’a court judge

Gunmen have abducted a judge at a Shari’a Court located  between Baure Zaka villages in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State.

The judge,  identified as Alhaji Husaini Sama’ila was, according to sources kidnapped at about 3:00 pm on Tuesday while on a personal visit to the court which was relocated to Safana for security purposes.

Channels Television report that the judge was recently moved to Safana town to continue to deliver justice because of the worsening insecurity challenges bedeviling the two villages where the court was earlier established.

Meanwhile, the police authorities in the state are yet to confirm the incident as phone calls put through the spokesman, SP Gambo Isah were not responded to.