For allegedly assaulting a visually impaired housewife, a retired Upper Sharia Court judge, Mahmud Shehu has been arraigned in a Magistrates’ Court in Zaria, Kaduna State.
Shehu was on Tuesday charged with trespass and assault but pleaded not guilty.
The prosecutor, Adamu Abubakar, a police inspector said the offence was contrary to sections 327,237 and 239 of Penal Code Law of Kaduna State 2017.
The court was informed that on September 6, Garba Adda’u of Gonar Ganye, Tudun-Jukun Zaria made a criminal complaint at the Tudun Wada Divisional Police Headquarters against the ex-judge.
According to the prosecutor, the complainant said that Shehu trespassed on his property, locked the door and assaulted his visually impaired wife and her two aides, using an umbrella.
Adda’u added that following the action of the defendant, his wife suffered injuries and was rushed to the PHC Tudun Wada for medical attention.
Counsel to the ex-judge, Mr S.M. Abubakar, made a bail application for bail for his client.
The prosecutor, however, opposed the bail application, saying that the defendant and the complainant lived in the same neighbourhood.
He said that the complainant’s safety was at stake.
However, the presiding Senior Magistrate, Lukman Sidi, admitted the retired judge to bail in the sum of N50,000 and one surety in like sum.
The magistrate ordered that the surety must own an international passport and must reside within the court’s jurisdiction.
The case was adjourned until October 8 for a hearing.