Kano State High Court has sentenced a man, Aminu Inuwa, to death by hanging for killing his wife, Safara’u Mamman.
The convict, whose age was not provided by the court, lives at Gwazaye Quarters Dorayi Babba Kano.
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Justice Usman Na’abba held that the prosecution has proven its case beyond reasonable doubts.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Lamido Sorondinki, informed the court that Inuwa committed the offence on April 2, 2019 at Gwazaye Quarters Dorayi Babba Kano.
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Sorondinki said that on the convict slit his wife’s throat with a kitchen knife during an argument and buried her in an uncompleted room in his house situated at Dorayi Babba Kano”
The offence committed by the convict contravened the provisions of Section 221 (a) of the Penal Code.
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The prosecution counsel during the trial presented three witnesses and six exhibits to the court.
The defence counsel, Barrister Mustafa Idris, on his part, presented one witness while defending his client.
