A Kano State High Court has sentenced a 22-year-old man, Najibullah Alkasim, to death by hanging for stabbing his neighbour, Isyaku Ya’u, to death with a screwdriver in the state.
Alkasim was sentenced to death by hanging after he was convicted on a one-count charge of culpable homicide on Monday.
Delivering judgement, Justice Farida Dabappa, held that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.
“I hereby sentence Alkasim to death by hanging for stabbing him on his chest to death,” the judge said.
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The prosecution counsel, Lamido Abba-Sorondinki, told the court that Alkasim committed the offence in Kano on January 19, 2024.
Abba-Sorondinki said Alkasim had a misunderstanding with the deceased, who lived in the same quarters, during a party organised to celebrate an election court victory.
“In the process, the defendant stabbed the deceased on the chest with a sharp, pointed screwdriver, which led to his death,” he said.
Abba-Sorondinki said the offence contravened the provision of Section 221(a) of the Penal Code.
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