Just in: Kano Court Sentences Two to Death for Killing Housewife, Six Children

A Kano State High Court sitting at Court 11 has sentenced two men to death by hanging for the murder of a 35-year-old housewife, Fatima Abubakar, and her six children at Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters, Kano, on January 17, 2026.
Late Fatima
The convicts, Umar Auwalu, 23, of Sabuwar Gandu Quarters, and Yakubu Daiyebu, 21, of Sabon Gida, Sharada Quarters, were also sentenced to life imprisonment for conspiracy to commit culpable homicide and armed robbery.
Delivering the judgment, Justice Nasiru Saminu described the killings as one of the most horrifying crimes in the history of criminal justice, saying the victims were murdered by relatives who ought to have protected them.
The judge ...