Boko Haram: What happened in the court session between the families of teacher Ja’afar Mahmud and teacher Nura Arzai 2023
The court granted Malam Nura Arzai bail, and the case was adjourned to November 2nd. During the session of the Magistrate Court No. 23 in Noman Sland in Kano, he was charged with defamation and attempting to incite riots. However, he denied the allegations. Freedom Radio has been able to talk to the lawyers of either side about how the court session went. Boko haram: What happened in the court session between the families of teacher Ja’afar Mahmud and teacher Nura Arzai Boko haram: What happened in the court session between the families of teacher Ja’afar Mahmud and teacher Nura Arzai “My name is Barrister Ibrahim Umar, the lawyer for the late family, Sheikh Ja’afar Mahmud Adam, it is a well-known fact that he is the suspect, Mr. Nura Arzai, who appeared in a video saying that the late Sheikh Ja’afar Mahmud Adam is the creator of boko haram. and he is their teacher and he vowed that there will be a war in Nigeria. The one who said that the security forces and the kings all know about this is the family of teacher Ja’afar Mahmud Adam who has the right to harm their elder, that is why they have brought the court to pay them their rights for this harm they have it was done to him – said lawyer Ibrahim Umar.
Is it now that the charges against him have been read to him and he has denied it and now that he has been granted bail, will that not cause any problems for you? “No, there is nothing since the conditions have been given and it is said that if there is trouble, his bail will be broken, so we do not have a problem because we have evidence of what he did and we will present it and prove it before the court. In the end, what we want is for his family to be given justice and for him to be given justice for what he is being accused of. This is not the case. Now you will hear the lawyer who is defending the defendant, that is, from the side of teacher Nura Arzai. “My name is Barrister Amjad, I am the one who defends the defendant, Mr. Nura Arzai, he denies what he is accused of and he has evidence to defend himself because we deny what he did, he did not defame him, everything he said has evidence to defend himself.” – said the lawyer of teacher Nura Arzai.
