A High Court sitting in Kano has sentenced two men, Aliyu Hussaini and Amir Zakariyya, to death by hanging for killing a lecturer at the Northwest University Kano, Buhari Imam.
Hussaini and Zakariyya, who stabbed the lecturer to death, were convicted on a three-count charge of conspiracy, armed robbery and culpable homicide.
Delivering judgement on Monday, October 20, 2025, Justice Fatima Adamu held that the prosecution proves its case beyond reasonable doubt.
Justice Adamu said: “The action of the defendants shows total disregard for human life.
“I hereby sentence the defendants to five years’ imprisonment each for conspiracy, 10 years’ imprisonment each for robbery without an option of fine.
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“The convicts are hereby sentenced to death by hanging for culpable homicide. May God have mercy on them.”
Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Lamido Abba-Sorondinki, told the court that the convicts committed the offence at Sheka Sabuwar Abuja Quarters in Kano on June 11, 2025.
Abba-Sorondinki said the defendants conspired and armed themselves with dangerous weapons such as long knives and machet.
“In the process the defendants robbed the victim of his mobile phone and caused his death by stabbing him in the stomach, thigh, and back,” he disclosed.
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