Federal High Court Judge, Idrissa Saleh Missing, Feared Kidnapped

A Federal High Court judge, Idrissa Saleh, is missing amidst
fears he has been kidnapped.

Mr Saleh went missing on Saturday in Abuja, a public official
close to him told our correspondent.

The police also confirmed the situation.

The judge was reportedly ill and had left his Abuja hospital
room after early morning Islamic prayers on Saturday.

He has not been seen since then amidst fears by associates that
he has been kidnapped.

When contacted, the Abuja police commissioner, Bala Ciroma,
confirmed that the judge has been missing since Saturday.

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He said the police could not call it a case of kidnap for now
and that an investigation was ongoing.

Mr Saleh, from Yobe State, holds the traditional title of ‘Dan
Amar of Fika’ in Fika, Yobe State.

According to the Federal High Court website, he was born on June
23, 1965, and had his primary and secondary school education in
Yobe.

He graduated from the University of Maiduguri in 1992 and the
Nigerian Law School in 1993.

Mr Saleh worked in the Yobe justice ministry and the Federal
Inland Revenue Service before a he became a federal high court
judge in 2015.

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