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Officials of the Special
Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Kaduna State, have reportedly arrested a Sharia
Court judge, Murtala Nasir, for officiating a wedding.
Also
arrested along with the judge were a former Chairman of Peugeot Automobile
Nigeria Limited (PAN), Alhaji Sani Dauda, who is the father of the bride, and
his son, Shehu Dauda.
New Telegraph reports that while Sani was arrested for giving out his daughter, Nasiba
Dauda for marriage after an alleged failed marriage, the judge’s offence was
conducting a new marriage between Nasiba and Abdullahi Kaluma.
They
were all being detained at the SARS office.
The new
marriage took place on Saturday, at the Magajin Gari Sharia Court in Kaduna
North Local Government Area of the state.
According to New Telegraph, trouble started when Nasiba’s former husband, Abubakar Musa
Abubakar, allegedly ordered the arrest of the judge, the former PAN chairman
and son.
But
Nasir said he followed due process in line with Islamic laws and the Nigerian
Constitution while joining the new couple.
Besides,
he noted that there was no existing order restraining Nasiba or her family from
conducting a new marriage after her first marriage with Abubakar failed.
He
said: “The marriage between Nasiba, the daughter of Alhaji Sani Dauda, the
chairman of ASD Motors and her former husband, Abubakar Musa Abubakar, ended
since January 5, 2018.
“Since
then, there was no problem or was there any existing order restraining her or
her family from conducting a new marriage.
“So, on
Saturday, November 9, I conducted a new marriage between Nasiba and her new
husband, Abdullahi Kullama.
“Surprisingly,
on Monday, November 11, about 4p.m., I was with Alhaji Sani Dauda and many
others at his compound when police operatives surrounded his compound, saying
they were there to arrest us.
“The
officers invited us verbally to the police command headquarters without any
warrant of arrest.
“Later
on, we were transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) office where
we were detained.”
Meanwhile,
addressing journalists on Tuesday, lawyer to the former chairman of PAN, Sani
Katu, alleged that his client’s arrest was masterminded by Abubakar.
On his
part, the bride’s father, Sani, explained that he gave out his daughter to her new
husband after she had officially divorced her first husband, Abubakar, since
January 2018.
The
state Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Yakubu Sabo, did not pick his calls
to react to the arrest. Bitnex Crestfort
