A judge identified as Alhaji Husaini Sama’ila has been abducted by gunmen at a Sharia Court in Bauren Zakat village, Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State.
Sources say the armed men broke into the court around 3pm on Tuesday and abducted the judge.
It is not clear why the judge was in court during the industrial action embarked upon by the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN).
Katsina is one of the states most affected by terrorism and banditry in the North-West.
