Bandits have abducted a Customary Court Judge Janet Galadima and her four sons at Mahuta New Extension of Kaduna State.
The incident happened around 11: pm as announced by the Kaduna Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association on Wednesday in Kaduna.
Godwin O. Ochai, Chairman,
Nigerian Bar Association, Kaduna Branch, who confirmed the incident in a statement issued described the news as a rude shock.
He said the latest trends of abductions, as any previously, targeting judges, is highly condemnable and calls for quick action on the part of security agencies in Kaduna to stem the tide.
“The alarming frequency of Kidnap incidents in Kaduna State signals a crisis that requires immediate and determined action from the Kaduna State government more than they have been doing in the past.
“This kidnap is a wake-up call on the Governor Uba Sani-led administration that all is not well in terms of securing the state, which is the primary responsibility of government.
“Reports reaching us is that the Kidnappers have killed the first of Her Honour’s children aged fourteen (14) years.
” They have also threatened to kill all the remaining three(3) if their ransom demands are not met immediately” the statement reads.
The chairman also added that the Judge is manning the Customary Court, Sabo with her husband also a dutiful servant of the Kaduna State government with the Kaduna State Ministry of Health as a Medical Doctor.
The Nigerian Bar Association, Kaduna Branch use the medium to call on the Kaduna State government to take urgent action to ensure the safe return of the judge and her remaining children.
