‘Bail is free’ – Adamawa Judiciary warns officers against demanding money

The Adamawa State Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has declared bail a escaped work and warned each officers against extorting radical seeking bail.

The committee specifically warned judicial officers, tribunal unit and instrumentality enforcement operatives against demanding oregon accepting wealth arsenic a information for granting anyone bail.

“Any serviceman recovered collecting oregon demanding outgo for bail volition look contiguous disciplinary proceedings,” the committee said successful a circular from the bureau of the authorities Chief Judge, Justice Hafsat Abdulrahman, signalling a caller resoluteness to enforce the escaped bail practice.

In the circular dated August 24, 2026, and sighted on Tuesday, the committee reiterated that nary judge, magistrate oregon judicial unit subordinate is permitted to enforce immoderate nonstop monetary information for bail.

In the aforesaid circular, the committee announced the support of promotions for 458 judicial unit crossed assorted divisions of the authorities judiciary.

The committee said the determination was reached astatine its 187th meeting, chaired by the Chief Judge of the state, who is besides the president of the JSC.

The approved promotions chopped crossed the Magistrates’ ...