The Zamfara State High Court sitting in Gusau, the state capital, has sentenced one Anas Dahiru to death by hanging for killing his friend, Shamsu Ibrahim, with a knife over a N100 dispute in the state.
Delivering judgement in the case of culpable homicide, the presiding judge, Justice Mukhtar Yusha’u, on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, convicted Dahiru and sentenced him to death by hanging for killing his friend as enshrined under section 221of the penal code.
Dahiru was said to have stabbed his friend following a dispute over N100 in 2017.
In a related development, the presiding judge also sentenced one Sadiqu Abubakar to life imprisonment for attempted armed robbery in Runji village, Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
Abubakar was convicted for attacking one businessman in Runji.
Runji reportedly defended himself, arrested Abubakar the armed robber and handed him over to the police.
Addressing newsmen after the judgement, counsel to the plaintiff, Mansur Lawal, the Assistant Director, Public Prosecution at the Zamfara State Ministry of Justice, said the armed robbery case started in 2021.
On his part, the counsel for the two convicts, Muhammad Ahmad Jamo who is also the Coordinator of Legal Aid Council, Zamfara State, said the judgement will serve as a deterrent to others but that he will explore the possibility of appealing the case.
