Man gets death sentence for stabbing friend to death in Kano

A Kano High Court on Monday sentenced a 37-year-old man, Tahir Tanimu, to death by hanging for stabbing one Shamsu Yakubu to death.
Tanimu, alongside Martins Joseph of Unguwa Uku Quarters, Kano, was convicted on a three-count charge of criminal conspiracy, abetment and culpable homicide.
Delivering judgment, Justice Aisha Mahmoud held that the prosecution had proven its case beyond reasonable doubt.
“I hereby sentence Tahir Tanimu to death by hanging for culpable homicide.
“Since the second defendant, Martins Joseph, was 15 years old when he committed the offence, I leave his fate at the governor’s pleasure because he was below 18 years at the time,” Mahmoud ruled.
Earlier, the ...