High court 3 in Gusau, Zamfara State, has sentenced one Hamida Ibrahim of Gobirawa village in the Tsafe Local Government Area of the state and his son, Ashiru Ibrahim, to death, for culpable homicide.
The presiding judge, Justice Muktari Yushau, said the convicts were first arraigned in 2018 on two charges of criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide punishable under Section 221 of the Penal Code.
The judge ruled that both the father and his son were guilty.
He said, “They are sentenced to death by hanging until they are confirmed dead.”
The convicts had stabbed one Rabiu Tudu with a knife during a dispute which resulted to his death.
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