A Shari’a Court sitting at Rigasa, Kaduna, on Tuesday ordered the remand of a female spectator whose phone rang during court proceedings.
The Judge, Malam Muhammad Adamu, said she would be charged for obstructing court proceedings.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the spectator’s phone rang during proceedings and she resisted submitting her phone to the court official, when asked to do so.
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.”
NAN reports 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.
