Saturday, March 29, 2025 - The Kano State High Court, Kano, on Friday, sentenced a housewife, Fadila Adamu, to d3ath by hanging for the m8rder of her childhood friend's eight-year-old daughter, Aisha Sani.
In 2019,
Fadila kidnapped the minor on her way home from Islamiyya school and threw her
into a well, causing her d3ath.
Aisha's
corpse was discovered in the well at Gandu Albasa Quarters two weeks after she
went missing.
The
defendant, who lived at the Sabuwar Gandu Quarters Kano, was convicted of
kidnapping and culpable homicide.
Delivering
judgement, trial judge Yusuf Muhammad-Ubale ruled that the prosecution had
proven its case beyond reasonable doubt and sentenced the defendant to death by
hanging.
"I
hereby sentence the defendant to d3ath by hanging for kidnapping and throwing
the victim into a well which caused her d3ath,” he ruled.
Earlier,
the prosecution lawyer, Lamido Abba-Sorondinki, told the court that the
defendant committed the offence on 14 July 2019, at Tudun Wada Quarters, Kano.
He said
that at about 4:45 p.m, the defendant kidnapped the minor and took her to her
house.
“The
defendant told her sister that the deceased was the daughter of her friend,
whose mother had travelled to Ghana, and asked her to keep the child until she
returned.
“On 17
July 2019, at about 6:30 p.m., the defendant caused the death of the minor when
she threw her into a deep well situated in the Tukuntawa Quarters, Kano,” he
said.
Mr
Abba-Sorondinki presented seven witnesses, the defendants’ statements and a
medical report confirming the victim’s d3ath.
The
prosecution said that the offence contravened Sections 274(b) and 221(a) of the
Penal Code.
The
defendant denied committing the offence.
The
defence counsel, Zulaihat Tata, presented four witnesses, including the
defendant, to testify in her defence.
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