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Man sentenced to dying for homicide of 4-year-old boy in Kano
Crime
The Kano State High Court sitting on Miller Road has sentenced Hamisu Baita, popularly often known as Dan’umma Dandago, to dying by hanging for the homicide a four-year-old boy, Suyudi Suraj.
Delivering the judgment on Thursday, November 12, 2026, Justice Sanusi Ado Ma’aji mentioned the prosecution, led by Umma Lawan and Bello Isa Lawal, had introduced six witnesses and 12 displays to ascertain the case towards the defendant.
The court docket mentioned it was glad with the proof introduced by the prosecution, regardless of the defendant’s try to defend himself.
The incident occurred in 2023 when Baita allegedly entered the sufferer’s household home, took the four-year-old boy to a refuse dump between Dandago and Sani Mai Nagge communities, the place he murdered him and eliminated considered one of his eyes.
After the incident, safety operatives arrested Baita and charged him earlier than the court docket.
The dying sentence adopted a protracted trial over the homicide of the younger boy.
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