A Bauchi Upper Sharia Court on Tuesday declined to dissolve the marriage between a housewife Aishatu Adamu and her husband, Umar Audu following a decision of … 4 0 obj The applicant is seeking an order of the Sharia Court of … Reacting to the court’s decision while speaking with journalists, counsel for the plaintiff, Barrister Nasiru Balan Malam, expressed dissatisfaction with the judgment. One of the children of the late Abdulkadir Kure, former governor of Niger State, Umar, has taken his mother, Senator Zenab Kure and siblings to the Sharia Court of Appeal, Niger State challenging the distribution of his father’s estate by an Upper Sharia Court/Administrator. �C���`ʣ�����9� �@�ymU�:�'���WshzlɊ-���vP(t�֭�S� The decision to decline the prayer of the wife, according to Malam Sambo, was based on the resolution of the two guardians of the couple who suggested that both husband and wife should forgive each other and remain as a couple. Kure is challenging the distribution of his father’s estate by an Upper Sharia Court/Administrator. An Upper Shari’a Court, sitting in Kano on Tuesday ordered a 40-year-old-driver, Sani Abubakar, to pay N220 million as compensation for causing the death of three family members. Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, 22, a Kano based Islamic singer was sentenced to death by hanging on August 10, by an upper Sharia court sitting in Hausawa Filin Hockey area of Kano State over a song he composed which has been described by critics as “blasphemous”. The Oyo State Police Command on Sunday confirmed the arrest of a Fulani herdsman, Isikilu Wakili. In similar vein, the court has also reversed the death-by-hanging judgement placed on singer Yahaya Sharif Aminu by the Upper Shari’a Court, ordering a retrial, the BBC reported. A Kaduna Upper Sharia Court has ordered that an 18-year-old mechanic, Abubakar Abdulkadir, be given 15 lashes of the cane for attempted burglary. It is the Upper Sharia Court (Appellate Division constituting two judges) He, therefore, vowed to appeal against it in the higher court. I�Qܞ �(n7����F�O��Z�Z[�a�e��E��\�Di@�ٴh�ر*���=4!�wv|���O[�;�B.B����K���{7�G�y�6�L�\j�!wc�F�؜�x��zG�����y"�$p������p�O�����'RxYD���9%�p�'��Ih$����!�N86�O�qLY�u�hI���+P�%Q�(��.�I� Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Olugbenga Fadeyi when contacted confirmed the arrest of the suspect. Aminu had denied the charges against him. << /Length 5 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> An Islamic court in northern Nigeria on Monday sentenced a singer to death for blasphemy against the Prophet Mohammed, judicial officials said. The State Police command confirmed the arrest of the suspect. One of the children of the late Abdulkadir Kure, former governor of Niger State, Umar, has taken his mother, Senator Zenab Kure and siblings to the Sharia Court … She alleged that she could no longer endure the maltreatment meted out to her by her husband who allegedly instructed her own children to curse and abuse her. Kano Sharia court sentences singer to death by hanging for blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Kano has sentenced a 22-year old singer, Yahaya Aminu Sharif, to death by hanging for blaspheming against Prophet Muhammad. CNN also contacted Kano state government for … The Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, was also said to have confirmed the arrest of six suspected cultists at Ibeju-Lekki area by the police operatives attached to Elemoro division. Fadeyi added that Wakili has been handed over to the police. It was also said that 29-year-old Salisu Islamiyat, f, 29, wife of another top cultist of Aye Confraternity in Emure, was nabbed with a locally-made pistol with some live cartridges. Hajara Ibrahim, the teenager condemned to death by stoning by the Lere Sharia Court in Bauchi State for being pregnant outside wedlock is to know her fate, November 10 when the upper Sharia court, Dass entertaining the appeal filed against the lower Sharia court judgment will give its verdict.. a7�Ujc��ai$�S��Js�@6�V�Ćr�Y��5"R¤���S�%��N/�Ҽ��y%���z��(���OG./S+I�'ׂgPI�OFCb!�ee�\]�ȋ� An upper Sharia court in the Hausawa Filin Hockey area of the state said Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, 22, was guilty of committing blasphemy for a song he circulated via WhatsApp in March. A Bauchi Upper Sharia Court on Tuesday declined to dissolve the marriage between a housewife Aishatu Adamu and her husband, Umar Audu following a decision of their guardians to that effect. %��������� He listed the widow, three other children of the deceased and the estate of his late father as respondents in a motion on notice filed as No SCA/NS/CV/O4/2020 against the decision of the court/administrator in Suit No USC/MK/CV/139. The court set aside the sentence passed on Mr Bashir and declared the entire Upper Sharia Court’s judgment a nullity as the said Umar Faruk is a minor whose admission of guilt is inadmissible in law. %PDF-1.3 A appellate division of Kano State High Court had in January acquitted Farouk of blasphemy and quashed the 10 years imprisonment passed on him by the state’s Upper Sharia Court … On his part, the Counsel for the respondent, Zachariah Aliyu Libata, expressed satisfaction with the court’s judgment, saying that it reflected the wishes of the guardians of the couple who wanted the marriage to be restored. �� DAILY POST gathered that Wakili has been accused of terrorising the people of Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the state. ��U��G�t� ��l�_�`�Ң��ݙT���-=v�KC֑��ٰ�+W6"C�vKz�@� �@/Ѫ� 2;� He stated, “On Yahaya Aminu Sharif, the court set aside the trial for some procedural irregularities. The police in Lagos State have arrested no fewer than 50 suspected cultists and armed robbers at Imota, Igbokuta, Adamo and Emure in Ikorodu area of the state. Adejobi said they were apprehended during a sting operation carried out by the Commissioner of Police Strike Force between Friday, 5 and Sunday 7 March, 2021. “Abiodun Abbey, (aka Oju Ogunle), alleged to have killed more than twenty two (22) people in Ikorodu area, and 44 others.”. Adamu had dragged her husband before the court, seeking dissolution of their marriage on the ground of maltreatment by her husband. In addition, the panel held that the said Umar Farouk was not represented by a legal representative at the Upper Sharia court, thereby invalidating the outcome of … DAILY POST gathered that Wakili was arrested by the Odua Peoples Congress (OPC) earlier on Sunday. “The thirty eight (38) male and twelve (12) suspects include Oladunni Abiodun, m, 20, Dosumu Oluwaseun, 22, Segun Adelaja, 29, Gbamila Iyabo, f, 26, wife of the Number 1 of Aye Confraternity in Igbokuta, arrested with one pump action loaded with 8 rounds of cartridges. stream Muslims only. When asked if the suspects has been arrested, Fadeyi said “Yes”. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Sunday, said 12 of the arrested suspects were females. Mr. Aminu on August 10, 2020 was sentenced for for using blasphemous words against Prophet Muhammad. �fZ}ߎ"/Ѩ,-u]ץK��Y)lV�Z���U�2䕗!4��&�A�d�dGLC�#�3�P�RUD?3F��yd��GR��_�j���Q���쩇Z�֧���=�Y�_�;������h��L}�;�N9㥿;�����I�JG�w�yB�c��U� He, therefore, directed the plaintiff to go back to her matrimonial home. Upper Area and Upper Sharia Courts Both the Upper Area and Upper Sharia Courts have dual jurisdiction; as courts of first instance and also as appellate courts with powers to entertain appeals arising from the decision of Area Court and Sharia Court. The court is divided into 3 grades as follows: (i) Upper Sharia Court (ii) Higher Sharia Court (iii) Sharia Court �F0�‡U']oڒad�B�@4�Sx`�6�3LnR�չ�E��Q��Ȗ �'��4ǀqD��z ��}�z��� cټ��JV�_���}�aq��Q|�`�cӫb!�q�ҐF��qȷ�$O����gR����h2�r` c�U\=�΂kC%�q8m����T���}��ZJ���Ң,�x��*rF{�jzj�[�6T������ ]�UM��z�#m� � �G8|�+���(�q�������^��FY��ُ6䀗���Ǧ��V��s �X�� R���w�dA_�ms���%. Appeals now from the Upper Sharia Courts in criminal (including civil) matters go to the Sharia Court of Appeal leaving the (Appellate) High Court with appeals coming from the Magistrate Courts (see s. 6(2) of the Shari’a Courts Law 2000 of Kano for example). The police spokesperson said one 26-year-old Gbamila Iyabo, who was identified as the wife of a leading suspected cultist of Aye Confraternity in Igbokuta, was arrested with a pump action loaded with eight rounds of cartridges. An Upper Islamic Sharia court in the city of Kano ordered 22-year-old Yahaya Aminu Sharif to die by hanging for derogatory expressions against the Prophet in one of his songs, spokesman for the Kano region justice ministry, Baba-Jibo Ibrahim, told AFP. 6["��"�u���6i�:��B%�[ (쯩�c��64�Nu0�����^�y�ք�:�٬cJ����y�:-6�)��gPɒ::��Eu,K$�,��S�tV���iKˣ�xT���oF^vtr�����y�� �$�l�Ϟ=k6�u�&:Y=m�Sͳõ(u^{90Ti@0�,�)Ζ�չK� Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, described by the BBC as a little-known Islamic gospel musician prior to his arrest in March 2020, was sentenced to death by hanging by an upper Sharia court in the Hausawa Filin Hockey area of Kano State on 10 August 2020. Similarly, the court also discharged and acquitted another blasphemer, Umar Faruk Bashir who was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. One of the children of the late Abdulkadir Kure, former governor of Niger State, Umar, has taken his mother, Senator Zenab Kure and siblings to the Sharia Court of Appeal, Niger State challenging the distribution of his father’s estate by an Upper Sharia Court/Administrator. An upper-Nigerian Sharia court sentenced a 22-year-old gospel singer to death by hanging for alleged blasphemy in a song the singer wrote and published on WhatsApp. Malam declared that the position of the guardians that the couple should continue to live together as husband and wife did not reflect the wish of the plaintiff. Oyo NIS rescued 40 victims of trafficking in 2020, arrested 10 offenders, Police parades suspected criminals, impound arms in Cross River, Court fines Daddy Freeze N5m for sleeping with another man’s wife, Sex for marks: Court dismisses conviction appeal by ex-OAU lecturer, Akindele, Immigration detention: ECOWAS Court orders Nigeria to pay German N63.6m, $10,000. A Nigerian Sharia court in Kano sentenced a 22-year-old gospel singer to death by hanging for alleged blasphemy in a song the singer wrote and circulated on WhatsApp. An upper Sharia court in Kano State, in August 2020, had found Sharif-Aminu guilty of “insulting religious creed” based on a song he circulated via WhatsApp. Some states in the Northern Nigeria have established the Sharia Court. It was gathered that Wakili and his cronies were arrested around 7.am on Sunday. Mr Sharif-Aminu, a resident of Sharifai in Kano metropolis, was on August 11, 2020, sentenced to death by an Upper Sharia Court for allegedly committing blasphemy against the prophet of … Salisu Islamiyat, f, 29, wife of the Number 1 of Aye Confraternity in Emure, arrested with a locally-made pistol with some live cartridges. Delivering judgment in the case, the Sharia judge, Malam Bello Mohammed Sambo, declined to grant the plaintiff’s request to dissolve the marriage. Judge Khadi Aliyu Muhammad Kani added in his judgment that Aminu could appeal against the verdict. In a motion on notice filed as No SCA/NS/CV/O4/2020 against the […] The … �X5I����J@���}����:��K6��U:��>�� Wakili was said to have been arrested with four of his children who were accused of shooting the OPC men. Officials for the Sharia court have not commented on Farouq's case, and efforts to reach them have been unsuccessful. x�ZYs�8~��м�T��o3ONr�Ö��f(j� ��.���t�~��O���2��u-KGg��"��_՟J;��+��©/�ڪG_�:��2�����8�ˏ:K�*�Je�4/��$���F�܏ ��z�����Z�cOm�P� ��R[9�m�_�i]�����N�^U��&�in@\9�Ҫ�ke� The recent death sentence passed by an Upper Sharia Court in Kano State on a 22-year-old singer, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, for singing unpleasant tune … Section 53 (2) of Area Courts Law The court presided over by Justice Nura Sagir Umar, the Chief Judge of Kano State, ordered in its judgment read by Justice Nasiru Saminu, that Mr Shariff be tried afresh by another Upper Sharia Court. Hausawa Filin Hockey upper-Sharia court, Inspector Aminu Yargoje, Idris Ibrahim and unnamed rioters #fundie upi.com. Kure is challenging the distribution of his father’s estate by an Upper Sharia Court/Administrator. According to the Counsel, the wife approached the court to dissolve the marriage having been irritated and humiliated by her husband’s maltreatment. The respondent, Audu consented to the dissolution of the union between them. SHARIA COURT Sharia Court is a feature of the judicial system of the Northern States. According to Aishatu, her husband often recorded the curses rained on her by the children and played it to her hearing, adding that she was irritated and humiliated by this. Sharif-Aminu, a musician, was convicted of blasphemy against Prophet Mohammed by an Upper Sharia Court in Kano presided over by Khadi Aliyu … The judge stated that the guardians’ resolution followed the directive of the court, asking them to go and discuss and come up with a resolution on whether the marriage should be terminated or not in line with Islamic principles of amicable reconciliation. The suspects were identified as Adeyemi Hassan, Adesoye Yusuf, Yusuf Sadiku, Ismaila Adebanjo (an ex-convict who is a leader of Aye Confraternity), Monsuru Ojo and Tajudeen Ramon. Libata said every marriage had its challenge and admonished that couples should always resolve their differences and forgive each other. This, DAILY POST learnt, was in compliance with the directive Odumosu on constant raids of criminals’ hideouts in Eti Osa Local Government Area. The panel observed that even the trial judge in his case at the Upper Sharia Coury admitted that he was 17 years of age during the trial. An upper Sharia court in the Hausawa Filin Hockey area sentenced him to death by hanging. For example, in Zamfara State. In the states across northern Nigeria have both Secular and Sharia laws. See Section 5 of the Sharia Courts Law.