Court remands 3 KASTLEA personnel for assaulting lawyer’s wife
Story from Sani ALIYU, Zaria
A Kaduna State Magistrate Court Zaria has remanded three personnel of the Kaduna State Traffic Law Enforcement Authority (KASTLEA) over alleged assault of a lawyer’s wife.
Barrister Aminu Yahaya and Sumayya Aminu filed a case against Nasiru DTO, Abubakar S, Dorcas Nana and 10 persons, all personnel of KASTLEA for attempting to assault his wife.
They were charged under section 175 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Kaduna State, 2017.
Magistrate Rabi Hashim who presided over the case said one of the charges is not a bailable offence hence she would not grant the accused bail on that.
Speaking to journalists after the court sitting, the Lead Counsel to the complaint, Dr Hassan Bala, who is the chairman of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Zaria Branch said the KASTLEA personnel assaulted a family member of one of their members on 19th September 2022.
He said, “On that fateful day, the complaints were on their way to hospital with his sick mother when they stopped him and demanded for vehicle particulars which he begged them to allow him to take his sick mother to hospital, which they declined and went ahead to write a fine against him.
“He instantly told them that only a court of law has the right to slam a fine on anyone found guilty for that he will not pay the fine.
“The KASTLEA personnel went ahead and removed his number plates when they discovered that he knew what he was doing and he could implicate them, they turned to his wife, claiming she was video recording them which they tried to collect the phone from her but the husband collected the phone from her.
Dr Bala further said, the KASTLEA personnel turned to the husband who happens to be their member, and overpowered him and collected the phone while in the process he sustained an injury and the phone felt on the ground and got damaged.
The team of lawyers that backed the complaints counsel were Nuradden Hassan, Haliru Salim, Abdulmumini Ishaq, Khalid Kabir, Kabir Hashim and Suwaiba A.D. Yusuf.
The KASTLEA personnel would be remanded until October 18, 2022, for the continuation of the hearing.
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