Supreme Court upholds death sentences for two convicted killers in Jigawa

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has affirmed the decease sentences of 2 men convicted of abstracted execution cases successful Jigawa State, dismissing their appeals and bringing years of ineligible proceedings to a close.

In a unanimous determination delivered connected Friday, the apex tribunal threw retired the appeals marked SC/CR/2020/69 and SC/CR/70/2020, upholding earlier rulings by the Jigawa State High Court and the Court of Appeal of Nigeria.

The convicts, Abdulmajid Hassan and Adamu Audu, had been recovered blameworthy successful abstracted incidents involving fatal stabbings. The Supreme Court’s verdict efficaciously exhausts each ineligible options disposable to the defendants, confirming the sentences imposed by the little courts.

Reacting to the judgement successful Abuja, Jigawa State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Bello A. Fanini, said the rulings item the authorities government’s determination to guarantee justness successful cases of convulsive crime.

“This result sends a wide connection that Jigawa is not a harmless haven for transgression activity,” Fanini stated, adding that the state’s justness strategy remains committed to safeguarding lives and property.

Supreme Court upholds decease sentences for 2 convicted killers successful Jigawa