Man to die by hanging 20 years after murder
A man, Miko Umaru, who beheaded one Hauwa Alasan almost 20 years ago has been sentenced to die by hanging by a Kano High Court.
Umaru
and two other persons – Yau Jack and Ibrahim Sauro — now at large, were
said to have hit Alasan on the head, strangled her and severed her head
on February 23, 1992 near Kademi Village in Gaya Local Government Area.
While
passing the judgement on Monday, Justice Nuradden Umar said, “I have no
discretion, based on Section 221 of the Penal Code to commute a death
sentence. I thereby sentence you, Miko to death by hanging. You shall
be hanged until pronounced dead by the authorities concerned.”
However,
Umar sentenced him to five years imprisonment on the second charge
based on provisions under Section 219 of the Penal Code. The presiding
judge added, “To my mind, the testimony of the first prosecution witness
and the confessional statement of the convict were corroborated,
something that attested to the fact that the accused did commit the act.
“According
to the charges against the convict, Miko Umaru and two others — Yau
Jack and Ibrahim Sauro — now at large, committed the act on February 23,
1992 on the outskirts of Kademi Village in Gaya LGA by hitting the
deceased on the head several times, strangling her and severing her
head.”
He told the convict that he had the right to appeal the judgment.
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