‘For Killing Woman, Six Children,’ Court Sentences Two Men To Death By Hanging

A Kano State High Court has sentenced two males to dying by hanging over the homicide of a lady and her six youngsters in Dorayi Chiranci, Kano.

NOP NIGERIA studies that the ruling, delivered on Friday by Justice Nasiru Saminu of High Court No. 11, got here after the defendants had been discovered responsible on seven counts of culpable murder linked to the killing of the seven relations on January 17, 2026.

The court docket additionally sentenced the 2 males to life imprisonment with laborious labour for armed theft.

In the identical judgment, a 3rd defendant, Isiyaku Abdul’azeez, popularly often known as Chebe, was discharged and acquitted after the court docket dominated that the prosecution failed to determine his involvement within the homicide and conspiracy prices.

Reacting to the judgment, Kano State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Abdulkarim Kabir Maude, described the incident as one of many darkest moments within the state’s historical past.

“January 17, 2026, was a tragic day in the history of Kano State. The killing of seven members of one family is an incident the people of this state will never forget,” he mentioned.

Maude, who led the prosecution, mentioned the conviction adopted the presentation of eight prosecution witnesses, thirty reveals and proof from the defence.

According to him, the judgment has vindicated the prosecution’s place on the involvement of the 2 convicts within the killings and armed theft.

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The Attorney General additionally declared the state authorities’s readiness to pursue the implementation of the dying sentence if the convicts did not train their proper of enchantment inside the interval supplied by legislation.

He counseled the police for what he described as a radical investigation and praised officers of the Ministry of Justice for his or her function in securing the conviction.

On the acquitted defendant, Maude disclosed that though Isiyaku Abdul’azeez had been cleared within the current case, he was nonetheless dealing with two separate instances, with judgments anticipated later.

Earlier, Justice Saminu underscored the seriousness of the crime, observing that the magnitude of the killings deserved the harshest attainable punishment.

The case arose from the January 17 assault on the household house in Dorayi Chiranci, the place Fatima Abubakar and her six youngsters had been killed, whereas her husband, Haruna Bashir, survived.

The prosecution staff comprised the Attorney General and Barrister Salisu Muhammad Tahir, whereas J. I. Musa and A. I. Baba represented the defendants.

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