A High Court in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, Monday, 3 June, 2024 sentenced a woman, Farida Abubakar, to death by hanging for killing her former husband, Attahiru Muhammad-Ibrahim, who was a Chief Magistrate.
Ms Abubakar was first brought to court at the preliminary stage of the case on 25 August 2022 before the main charge was filed against her on 26 July 2023.
The prosecution said that the convict stabbed Mr Muhammad-Ibrahim with a sharp object on his abdomen, neck and left arm which led to his death. Delivering judgment, the Chief Judge of the State, Umar Abubakar, who adjudicated on the case, held that the court was convinced that the accused person based on the evidence adduced by the prosecution.
The defence counsel described the convict as a first-time offender with aged parents.
The counsel said that the convict was her parents’ caregiver and also has a young daughter in need of motherly care. He pleaded with the court to give the convict lighter sentence, so that she could finish her time and come back to the society as a reformed individual, considering her age.
The judge however, went on to impose the maximum sentence for murder as stipulated by the law. Meanwhile convict’s lawyer said his client would appeal the verdict.
