A Kano High Court on Friday sentenced a 30-year-old man, Yakubu Dalha, to death by hanging for killing his neighbour, Zakariya’u Bala.
Dalha, who lives in Tsangaya Village, Albasu Local Government of Kano, was convicted for culpable homicide, contrary to Section 221 of the Penal Code.
Delivering judgment, Justice Yusuf Mohammed held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.
Mohammed held that the testimony given by the defence witnesses did not corroborate the evidence of the prosecution.
“I therefore sentence Yakubu Dalha, to death by hanging until he dies,” the judge held.
The prosecution counsel, Abdullahi Bature, told the court that the convict committed the offence on August 22, 2012 at about 10pm at Tsangaya Village.
He said the convict hit his neighbour on the head and neck with a firewood while arguing over political issues.
Bature presented seven witnesses to the court who all gave evidence against the convict
The Investigative Police Officer, attached to Albasu Police Division, Kano, Sergeant Tijjani Sule, in his evidence told the court that he investigated the matter, adding that the defendant was arrested and a confessional statement was obtained from the convict.
A medical official, Dr. Abdulkareem Tijjani, attached to Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital Emergency Unit, in his testimony told the court that the victim was already dead when he was brought to the hospital.
The convict, who dismissed the testimonies given against him, also presented four witnesses to discredit the charges filed against him.
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