Ex-official accused of plotting to assassinate judge released to house arrest
Ibrahim Haneef was arrested on April 4 on terrorism charges for allegedly plotting to assassinate High Court Judge Shujau Usman. The criminal extended his remand detention four times before transferring him to house arrest on Tuesday.
17 May 2017, 9:00 AM
A former senior policy executive at the education ministry has been transferred to house arrest after more than a month in police custody on suspicion of plotting to assassinate a judge.
Ibrahim Haneef was arrested on April 4 on terrorism charges for allegedly plotting to assassinate High Court Judge Shujau Usman. The criminal court extended his remand detention four times before transferring him to house arrest on Tuesday.
The criminal court placed Haneef under house arrest for 15 days at yesterday’s remand hearing, a police spokesman said.
The high court previously upheld the lower court’s detention orders upon appeal, ruling that the evidence presented by the police was sufficient to implicate Haneef’s involvement in a serious criminal offence.
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