Kaduna Woman Lands In Jail After Phone Rings in Court

A woman who had gone to a Shari’a Court sitting at Rigasa, Kaduna as a spectator on Tuesday landed in trouble after her phone rang during the proceedings.

According to News Agency, the spectator’s phone rang during the Kaduna Shari’a Court proceedings and she resisted submitting her phone to the court official, when asked to do so.

This prompted the Judge, Malam Muhammad Adamu, to order that she would be charged for obstructing court proceedings.

However, the Judge ordered that she should be remanded pending her formal arraignment for the offence.

She said that it was her first time in court adding that she just wanted to experience the court proceedings.

In spite of her plea, the woman, whose name was not provided, was remanded and her phone seized.

She kept saying “I didn’t know how the court operates; this is my first time in court.”

This was despite the fact that a sign stating that phones should be switched off was placed on the wall outside and inside the court premises.

Also, a court clerk had announced that phones should be switched off or be put on silence before the court proceedings began.