Nigeria, June 3 -- The Chief Judge of Katsina State, Musa Abubakar, was misled into signing the bail documents of two alleged notorious kidnappers, an official of the state High Court has said.

Kabir Shuaibu, the Chief Registrar of Katsina State High Court, the state High Court '9' was yet to sit for the bail hearing of the detained kidnappers before they were released.

He said the bail conditions were forged by some members of staff of the court, and the forged documents were submitted to the chief judge.

The release of the suspects elicited controversy as they had been arrested for the abduction of the renowned Qur'an reciter, Ahmed Suleiman.

Mr Suleiman was kidnapped in March, last year, along Sheme-Kankara road in Katsina State. S...