In a swift twist of events, the team of lawyers defending
Kano controversial sheikh, Abduljabar Nasiru Kabara, accused of blasphemous
statement against the Prophet of Islam, have all withdrawn their services.
The defence lawyers, led by Saleh M Bagoro and comprising HG
Magashi and Bashir Savoy, in a withdrawal letter to the Upper Sharia Court,
presided over by Justice Sarki Yola, titled, “Withdrawal from the case between
Kano State Government and Sheikh Abduljabar Nasiru Kabara, with file number
CR/1/2021 and case file number CR/631/2021”, said they have decided to withdraw
their services after meeting with their client on 14th September 2021 at the
Kurmawa Correctional Center.
“We took the decision to withdraw from the case after
meeting with our Client at the Kurmawa Correctional Center, by this, we are
informing the Court of our withdrawal from the case as defence lawyers”,
Barrister Saleh M Bagoro said.
It would be recalled that the presiding judge in the case, Justice Sarki Yola, had ordered the health verification of the sheikh for his refusal to respond to a series of questions asked him in the court at the last sitting.
Sheikh Abduljabar refused to talk after the government’s
lead counsel, Suraj Said, filed fresh charges against the sheikh, something
that created misunderstanding between the defendant counsels and government
counsels.
However, the presiding judge, Sarki Yola, agreed to approve
the inclusion of the fresh charges filed by the lawyers representing the Kano
State Government, but only if the accused Sheikh Abduljabar answer in the
affirmative or reject the charges.
Lawyers to Sheikh Abduljabar objected to the fresh charges
and told him not to respond to whatever was slammed against him, which made him
to remains mute on a series of questions asked to him by the presiding judge
whether he is guilty or not.
The judge overruled their objections and ordered Abduljabbar
to respond to the new charges, but his lawyers asked him to keep mute- which he
obliged.
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