Seven years after, man gets death sentence for killing three-year-old in Kano

After seven years of trial, Justice Maryam Sabo of the Kano Direct High Court docket has sentenced one Aminu Muhammad to demise by inserting for the grotesque kill of a 3-year-primitive lady.

The sufferer, Rafi’atu Junaidu, changed into as soon as murdered in 2018 after being lured by her abductor at Jibga village in Bebeji Local Council. Handing over the judgment on Wednesday, Justice Sabo chanced on Muhammad responsible as charged and convicted him, bringing to a finish a prolonged lawful fight.

The prosecuting counsel, Badawiyya Shehu Bala, supplied three witnesses whose testimonies, alongside with the findings of the investigation, contented the court docket of the defendant’s guilt previous practical doubt.

In accordance with court docket records, Muhammad lured the little lady, Rafi’atu, from her dwelling to a finish by farm, the assign he strangled her to demise. In an additional act of indecent violence, it changed into as soon as reported that he old a broken bottle to slash begin her stomach and eradicated her intestines.

Disturbing revelations also emerged valid thru the complaints that Muhammad changed into as soon as allegedly promised N400,000 by an unidentified particular person to enact the killing.

Nonetheless, the identity of the supposed instigator stays unknown, and investigations into the thunder are ongoing.
Describing the act as “inhuman and brutal,” Justice Sabo emphasised in her ruling that the sentence should inspire as a deterrent to others, underscoring the court docket’s commitment to making definite justice, namely in conditions racy the kill of minors.

“The court docket finds the accused responsible as charged and hereby sentences him to demise by inserting,” she declared.