Chief Judge Dije Aboki of the Kano State High Court condemned five vigilante group members to death by hanging on Thursday after finding them guilty. The case concerned the 17-year-old child Ahmed Musa’s extrajudicial assassination, and the five guilty individuals are Emmanuel Korau, Elisha Ayuba, Irimiya Timothy, Auwalu Jafar, and Mustapha Haladu.
The primary prosecutor, Lamido Dinki, claims that the perpetrators carried out the crime on January 22, 2022, at Sabon Titi, Panshekara, Ksumbotso Local Government Area of the state. The dead were attacked by the prisoners on the same day, at around 10 a.m., as he was crossing Sabon Titi, Panshekara Road.
The deceased was trying to defend himself when the first defendant, brandishing a long, sharp knife, stabbed him in the neck, pulled him to the ground, loaded him onto their waiting tricycle, and drove off. “In the process, the deceased suffered grievous injuries and a swollen face,” he said.
He revealed that the victim was then taken to the Kuntau Police Division in Kano, from where he was taken to the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital in Kano, where an on-duty doctor declared him dead on arrival.
The prosecution called five witnesses to argue his case. However, Ahmad Muhammad, the defense attorney, led the five guilty parties and one more individual.
Upon hearing the charges, the accused persons denied having committed the crime while the prosecutor argued that the offence violated Penal Code Sections 97 and 221 (b). The accused stated earlier in their evidence that they went up to the deceased to take him into custody after receiving a complaint against him.
“I’m fully satisfied with the evidence adduced by the prosecution, Lamido Abba Soron Dinki,” the presiding judge ruled. Justice Aboki also praised Dinki’s hard work in the prosecution, stating, “The prosecution has presented its case beyond reasonable doubt.” He, however, sentenced the accused to death by hanging.
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