- They were convicted and sentenced by a Kano State High Court on Monday for killing the 67-year-old woman named Dahare Abubakar.
In Kano State, five persons have been sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of a woman they accused of being a witch.
They were convicted and sentenced by a Kano State High Court on Monday for killing the 67-year-old woman named Dahare Abubakar.
The convicted men—Da’luta Ibrahim, Abdulaziz Yahaya, Faisal Yahaya, Ibrahim Abdu, and Ayuba Abdulrahman—were found guilty of culpable homicide.
Justice Usman Na’abba ruled that the prosecution had proven the case beyond reasonable doubt, sentencing the five to death by hanging.
“I hereby sentence the defendants to death by hanging for homicide and acquit Nabi’a Ibrahim, the sixth defendant, as evidence shows she was not at the scene,” the judge stated.
They condemned convicts committed the crime in November 15, 2023, in Dadin Kowa Village, Wudil, Kano.
The prosecution counsel, Lamido Abba-Sorondinki, told the court that the defendants conspired to kill Abubakar after suspecting her of witchcraft.
They followed her to the farm at approximately 8:30 a.m. and fatally stabbed her with dangerous weapons. The victim was later confirmed dead at Wudil General Hospital.
Abba-Sorondinki presented four witnesses and two exhibits, including the defendants’ extra-judicial statements and a medical report confirming the victim’s death. The defendants denied the charges.
The prosecution argued that the offence violated Section 221(a) in conjunction with Section 79 of the Penal Code Laws of Kano State, 1991.
Defence counsel Ma’aruf Yakasai presented eight witnesses, including the defendants, in their defense.
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