Kano courtroom sentences two males to dying for killing housewife, six kids

A Kano State High Court sitting at Bompai has sentenced two males to dying by hanging for the homicide of a 35-year-old housewife, Fatima Abubakar, and her six kids in Dorayi Chiranci, Kano.

The courtroom, presided over by Justice Nasiru Saminu, delivered the judgment on Friday, November 6, 2026, after discovering Umar Auwalu, popularly generally known as Breaker, and Yakubu Dayyabu responsible of the killings.

The victims, who have been murdered on January 17, 2026, have been Fatima and her kids: Maimuna, 17; Aisha, 16; Bashir, 13; Abubakar, 10; Faruk, seven; and Abdussalam, aged one and a half years.

The two convicts have been every handed seven dying sentences, one for each sufferer, for culpable murder punishable with dying beneath Section 221 of the Penal Code.

They have been additionally sentenced to life imprisonment with arduous labour for conspiracy to commit culpable murder and armed theft.

However, the third defendant, Isyaku Yakubu, also referred to as Chebe or Chobe, was discharged and acquitted by the courtroom.

During the trial, the courtroom heard that the attackers gained entry to the victims’ residence after Fatima opened the door for Auwalu, whom she knew as her nephew.

The assailants allegedly locked the home and attacked the household with harmful objects, together with a cutlass, a membership and a stitching machine, killing all seven occupants.

Neighbours reportedly compelled their approach into the home after listening to cries for assist however discovered that the attackers had escaped.

Auwalu, recognized because the chief of the group, reportedly admitted partial accountability for the crime however pleaded for leniency.

He additionally alleged in the course of the proceedings {that a} herbalist recognized as Thomas had equipped him with incense and instructed him to proceed finishing up comparable assaults.