The Yobe State High Court-1 sitting in Damaturu has sentenced a 45-year-old man, Abubakar Musa, popularly known as Daddy, to death by hanging for the fatal assault of his wife, Ammi Mamman, in 2024.
Musa was arrested by the Yobe State Command of the Nigeria Police on January 4, 2024, at the New Bra-Bra Housing Estate in Damaturu following the incident, and was subsequently charged to court under the state’s penal guidelines.
In a judgment delivered today, the presiding judge dismissed the not-guilty plea entered by the defendant, holding that the defence’s position could not stand in the face of credible evidence presented by the prosecution team.
The court however noted that the convict is at liberty to appeal the judgment within the legally stipulated timeframe, failure of which will lead to full implementation of the sentence.
