Court sentences four family members to death for killing alleged witch
The Jigawa State High Court has sentenced Four family members to death by hanging for killing a neighbour in a community located in Mallammadori Local Government Area of the state, offence committed in 2019.
Penpushing reports that the police investigators had earlier told the court that condemned family members alleged the deceased 30-year-old Salamatu Musa used witchcraft to kill their son, and subsequently beat Musa with a stick, resulting in her death
The Director of Protocol and Publicity, Jigawa State Judiciary, Abbas Wangara said the convicts—Hassan Isah (55 years old), Adama Yahaya (42 years old), Abdullahi Yahaya (35 years old), and Maryam Daso Yahaya (28 years old)—lived with the deceased at the same address in Kwan-Dole, a village in Mallam-Madori Local Government Area of Jigawa State.
“Upon prosecution, the court heard five (5) witnesses and a medical report, apart from a confessional statement, thereby the court found them guilty for the offence of criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide punishable under Section 97 and Section 221(b) of the Penal Code Laws”, he said.
Penpushing further reports that Wangara in the statement added that the judge, Justice Ado Yusuf, found 55-year-old Hassan Isah, his wife, brother and sister-in-law guilty of criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide.
The official statement explained that the court sentenced the convicts to six years imprisonment each for the offence of criminal conspiracy, and death by hanging for the offence of culpable homicide, adding that they have ninety days right of appeal.
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