A Shari’ah court judge, Mohammed Muktar, narrowly escaped death or possible abduction on Wednesday after suspected bandits invaded a courtroom in Gwarjo village, Matazu Local Government Area of Katsina State.
The attack occurred around midday on Wednesday, when the armed men reportedly stormed the court premises, fired sporadically and demanded to know the whereabouts of the judge.
The Shariah Court Judge, Mohammed Muktar, was sitting in his Court located at Gwajor village of Matazu Local Government Area, when bandits stormed at about 12.00 noon.
Heavily armed, they started shooting sporadically and asking for the whereabouts of the Judge for whom they, specifically, apparently, came for.
However, having spotted them from afar, before they entered the Court room, he made for the nearest window to him, jumped through it, and escaped, according to reports.
Residents told this medium that: “The bandits entered the Courtroom, shooting indiscriminately and repeatedly asking where the Judge was. Fortunately, he had already escaped through the window, and a commercial motorcyclist helped him flee before they arrived.”
On realising that the Judge had escaped, the bandit, outraged, swore to kill him if he dared come back to the Court to sit.
The Katsina State Police Command was yet to comment on the frightening incident at the time of this report.
