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SHARIA AND STATUTORY CRIMINAL PROCEDURE IN NORTHERN NIGERIA: AN OVERVIEW

Sharia Legal System has gained tremendous attention under the present democratic administration of several states in Northern Nigeria, Bauchi state inclusive. As a result Area Courts were abolished and replaced by Sharia courts. Sharia courts of different grades were established and vested with jurisdiction to try both civil and criminal cases. In Bauchi state for example, Sharia courts were established by virtue of section 3(1) of the Sharia courts (Administration of justice and certain consequential changes) law 2000. Sharia courts of three grades, namely, Sharia courts II, I and upper Shari…