Tag: Death by Hanging
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Two r3pists sentenced to castration, death by hanging
Two persons John Moses and Yakubu Mohammed have been sentenced to surgical castration and death by hanging after being convicted for rape and incest in Kaduna. Another convicted rapist Mustapha Musa was sentenced to life imprisonment. Commissioner, Ministry of Human Services and Social Development, Hajiya Rabi Salisu disclosed this to journalists in Kaduna on Wednesday.…
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Court sentences 5 vigilante members to death by hanging
A Kano State High Court on Thursday in Kano sentenced five vigilante members to death by hanging for stabbing one Ahmed Musa, 17, to death. The convicts: Korau Sani, Elisha Ayuba, Irimiya Timothy, Auwalu Jafar, and Mustafa Haladu, attached to the Sani Abacha Youth
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MURDER: Court sentences two ex-SARS officers to death by hanging
Two former members of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad have been convicted and sentenced to death by hanging, by a High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, for extra-judicial killing, Recall that five members of the SARS team, ASP Samuel Chigbu, Shedrack Ibibo, Magus Awuri, Ogoligo, and Olisa Emeka were standing trial for killing Michael Akor…
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Court sentences Lagos vulcaniser to death by hanging
An Ikeja Special Offences Court presided over by Justice Mojisola Dada sentenced a 32-year-old vulcaniser, Chidozie Onyinchiz to death by hanging on Tuesday for robbing a nurse of N57,000. Justice Dada held that the prosecution had proved the
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Police Sergeant arrested for culpable homicide
Benue State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of one of its sergeants, in connection with culpable homicide, in Kastina-Ala Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that on June 26, Sgt. James Aondona was briefed on his schedule of duty and posted to an observation point at Ngibo, Kastina-Ala Local Government Area.
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Court sentences 19-year-old man to death by hanging
A Kano High Court on Monday sentenced one Ibrahim Khalil,19, to death by hanging for kidnapping his five-year-old nephew, Ahmad Ado and causing his death. Khalil, whose address was not provided was convicted on a two-count charge of kidnapping and culpable homicide for causing the death of his victim by celling his nose and mouth…
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UNIPORT student who raped, murdered, dismembered 8-year-old niece in 2017 sentenced to death by hanging
A Port Harcourt High Court, Rivers, has sentenced a 200 level student of Physics Department, University of Port Harcourt, Ifeanyi Maxwell-Dike and Ugochukwu Nwamiro to death by hanging over the murder of an 8-year-old girl, Victory Chikamso Nmezuwuba in 2017. Justice Adolphus Enebeli, who has been presiding over case handed down the sentence to Maxwell-Dike…
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Court sentences NURTW chairman to death by hanging
Justice Olabisi Akinlade of the Lagos State High Court on Wednesday sentenced the Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Boundary/Aiyetoro unit area of the state, Saheed Arogundade, to death by hanging for the murder of a police officer. Akinlade ordered the execution of the convict after finding him guilty of conspiracy…
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Court sentence man to death by hanging for killing father
A Plateau State High Court on Friday sentenced a 20-year-old man, Ponjul Yakubu, to death by hanging, for shooting his father to death. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice A.I. Ashoms gave the sentence after he found Yakubu guilty of a one-count charge of culpable homicide, punishable with death under section 221…
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Two cattle rustlers to die by hanging in Kogi
A Kogi High Court sitting in Okene on Thursday sentenced two trans-border cattle rustlers – Muhammed Lawal Jauro and Yusuf Sanni – to death by hanging. The duo got the sentence after Justice Josiah Majebi found them guilty of cattle rustling and culpable homicide. The accused were arraigned on a three-count charge of criminal conspiracy,…