Court sentences housewife to death for stabbing husband to death

The Excessive Court docket of Kebbi State in Birnin Kebbi, the state capital, on Monday, sentenced a lady, Farida Abubakar, to loss of life by hanging for killing her former husband, Attahiru Muhammad-Ibrahim, who was a chief Justice of the Peace.

The Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) stories that Ms Abubakar was first delivered to courtroom on the preliminary stage of the case on 25 August 2022 earlier than the principle cost was filed in opposition to her on 26 July 2023.

The prosecution stated that the convict stabbed Mr Muhammad-Ibrahim with a pointy object on his stomach, neck and left arm which led to his loss of life.

Delivering judgment, the Chief Choose of the State, Umar Abubakar, who adjudicated on the case, held that the courtroom was satisfied that the accused particular person primarily based on the proof adduced by the prosecution.

Circumstantial proof

The decide relied on circumstantial proof to search out her responsible.

“The defendant was final seen with the deceased in his home in Birnin Kebbi shortly after he was discovered useless.

“Circumstantial proof linked the defendant to the offence.

“The burden of proof is on the prosecution to determine guilt in opposition to the accused particular person past affordable doubt throughout the boundary of proof adduced.

“With the additional judicial assertion of the accused particular person and the testimony of 12 prosecution witnesses, the courtroom is overwhelmingly satisfied that the circumstantial proof is an irresistible incontrovertible fact that she was the one who killed the deceased.

“The proof adduced is cogent, compelling, not controverted.

”Her Hijab was discovered smeared with blood. It was her intention to kill him. She knew loss of life would be the penalties of her motion. The offence was dedicated at a time the deceased was about to marry a brand new spouse.

“The courtroom is happy, it’s clearly established that the defendant mercilessly deliberate and marshalled the assault with a pointy object, clearly to trigger loss of life or understanding the consequence of her act to trigger loss of life or doesn’t care.

“The courtroom has discovered you responsible of culpable murder and bodily hurt, the courtroom has convicted you as charged.

“The courtroom has sentenced you to loss of life by hanging in accordance with part 191(b) penal code legislation of Kebbi State. You’re to be hanged by the neck till you’re useless.

“The courtroom has additionally sentenced you to seven years in jail for inflicting bodily hurt in accordance with part 224 (1) of Penal Code Regulation of Kebbi State,” the decide learn out within the judgment.

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Plea for mercy

In mitigation, the defence counsel, Mudashiru Sani, holding transient for Abdulnasir Sallau, described the convict as a first-time offender with aged dad and mom.

The counsel stated that the convict was her dad and mom’ caregiver and likewise has a younger daughter in want of motherly care.

He pleaded with the courtroom to offer the convict lighter sentence, in order that she may end her time and are available again to the society as a reformed particular person, contemplating her age.

In reply, the prosecuting counsel, who’s the Director, Public Prosecutions, Kebbi State Ministry of Justice, Lawal Hudu-Garba, urged the courtroom to comply with the legislation strictly to function deterrence to others from committing the identical heinous offence.

The decide went on to impose the utmost sentence for homicide as stipulated by the legislation.

Shortly after the judgment, the defence counsel, Mr Sani, stated his consumer would enchantment the decision. (NAN).