Another Man Bags Death By Stoning Sentence In Kano

An upper sharia court in Kano has sentenced a man to death by stoning after he was convicted for raping a minor.

This is coming barely three days after a Sharia court in Kano sentenced man to death for allegedly committing blasphemy.

Mati Abdu, a 60-year-old man, was apprehended by the police in 2019 after the alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl at Farsa village in Tsanyawa local government area of the state.

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The presiding judge, Ibrahim Yola, court situated at Kofar Kudu, near the emir of Kano palace, handed a death sentence to Abdu.

Baba Jibo, public relations officer of the court, confirmed the sentence to reporters on Wednesday evening.

He said the prosecuting counsel tendered all the evidence before the court and the convict confessed to committing the crime.