Kano Court Gives Verdict On Teenager Who Buried His 5-Year-Old Nephew Alive
Faith Ukanwa
May 11, 2022
Kano Court Gives Verdict On Teenager Who Buried His 5-Year-Old Nephew Alive
A Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Usman Naabba has sentenced a 19-year-old man, Ibrahim Khalil, to death by hanging for killing his five-year-old nephew, Ahmad Ado.
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Khalil was convicted on two counts of kidnapping and culpable homicide.
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Justice Na'abba held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and consequently sentenced the convict to 14 years' imprisonment for kidnapping.
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Na'abba also sentenced the convict to death by hanging for homicide.
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Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Mr Lamido Sorondinki, informed the court that the convict committed the offences sometime in 2019 at Karkasara Quarters in the Kano metropolis.
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Sorondinki said the defendant kidnapped his sister's son, Ado, and used sellotape to cover his nostrils and mouth and buried him in a shallow grave at Sabuwar Sheka in Kano.
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The prosecution presented three witnesses to the court and four exhibits.
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According to the prosecutor, the offences contravened sections 274 and 221 (a) of the Penal Code.
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The convict, however, denied committing the offences.
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The defence counsel, Aisha Abdulkadir, presented the defendant as a lone witness and pleaded for clemency on behalf of her client.
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