Kano court sentences two men to death for killing employer

A Kano State High Court has sentenced 2 men, Adamu Aliyu, 22, and Mubarak Abdulsalam, 20, to decease by hanging for sidesplitting their employer, Dahiru Musa, 32.

The tribunal besides sentenced a 3rd defendant, Sadiq Sunusi, 19, to 7 years successful situation for helping to pain the victim’s body.

Aliyu, from Gaida Yan Kusa Quarters, and Abdulsalam, from Mandawari Quarters, were recovered blameworthy of transgression conspiracy and culpable homicide, portion Sunusi was convicted of helping to destruct evidence.

Delivering the judgement connected Monday, Justice Fatima Adamu said the prosecution had proved its lawsuit beyond tenable doubt.

The justice described the defendants’ actions, including poisoning, stabbing and burning the victim’s assemblage to fell evidence, arsenic inhumane and wicked.

Earlier, the prosecution counsel and Kano State Solicitor-General, Salisu Muhammad-Tahir, told the tribunal that the transgression was committed connected September 29, 2024, astatine Gaida Yan Kusa Quarters successful Kano.

He said Aliyu and Abdulsalam conspired to termination Musa, who was Aliyu’s employer, by archetypal poisoning him with rat poison earlier stabbing him respective times with knives.

Muhammad-Tahir further told the tribunal that connected September 30, 2024, astatine astir 6pm, Sunusi accompanied Abdulsalam to Gaida Quarters, wherever they bought petrol earlier going to an uncompleted building.

He said Abdulsalam utilized the petrol to pain the victim’s body, portion Sunusi, who knew i...