No fewer than nine people have been sentenced to death for various offences in Kano State from January to August 2020.
This was disclosed by the spokesperson for the state’s Ministry of Justice, Baba Jibo-Ibrahim.
He, however, said that none of the convicts on death row has been executed as they have appealed the judgement of the initial courts.
According to BBC Hausa Service, seven of the convicts were found guilty of homicide, one person guilty of rape, and another was guilty of blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad.
It would be recalled that the state’s Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, said he would sign the death sentence for the execution of Yahaya Aminu, a man convicted of blasphemy in the state.
Ganduje said he will only fail to do so if the man appeals up to the Supreme Court and wins.
The first death sentence was delivered on February 11. A court ordered that one Ali Abdullahi should be hanged to death after he was found guilty of homicide.
In the case of Yakubu Dalha, he was sentenced to death by Court 6 of the high court in Kano metropolis after being found guilty of murder and the judgement delivered on March 3. He is to die by hanging.
Similarly, Abdullahi Isyaku was found guilty of murder on March 16 by by the state high court. He is also to die by hanging.
Mujahid Sa’id, who was on March 24 found guilty of murder by Court 13 of the high court. He is to die by hanging.
In the same vein,
Naziru Ya’u was found guilty of murder on June 13 by Court 1 of the high court. He was sentenced to death by hanging.
Shehu Ado Shehu was found guilty of murder on July 26 by Court 6 of the high court. He is to die by hanging, while Isah Auta was found guilty of murder on July 29 by Court 1 of the high court. He is also to die by hanging.
an Upper Sharia Court on August 10 found Yahaya Aminu guilty of blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad. He was sentenced to death by hanging, and Mati Abdu
was found guilty of rape by an Upper Sharia Court on August 12. He is to die by stoning.
