Extrajudicial Killing: Court sentences 5 vigilante group members to death

Extrajudicial Killing: Court sentences 5 vigilante group members to death

For alleged extrajudicial killings of a minor, five vigilance members will be hanged to death in Kano.

The High Court in Kano presided by Justice Dije Abdu Aboki sentenced them to death by hanging for the death of a 17-year-old boy, Ahmed Musa.

The five were attached to Sani Abacha Youth Centre, it was learnt.

The prosecution lead counsel, Barrister Lamido Abba Soron Dinki, said the convicts committed the offence on 22nd Jan. 2022 at Sabon Titi, Panshekara, Kumbotso local government area.

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Dinki explained that on the same date at about 10am the Convicts conspired and attacked the deceased while he was crossing Sabon Titi, Panshekara Road.

The prosecution counsel told the court that the defendants came out from a tricycle and started beating the deceased with a long club.

The prosecutor said the offence contravened the provision of section 97 and 221(b) of the Penal Code

“In the process, the first defendant used a long sharp knife and stabbed the deceased on his neck and dragged him on the ground, put him in the tricycle and took him away.

“As a result the deceased sustained grievous injuries and swollen face.

“The victim was later taken to Kuntau Police Division Kano and was rushed to Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital Kano, where he died,” he said.

The judge agreed with the prosecutor, saying: “I hereby sentence the five defendants to death by hanging.”

Extrajudicial Killing: Court sentences 5 vigilante group members to death