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Court Convicted and Sentenced Two to Death for Murder of lecturer in Kano
High Court of Kano has sentenced two men, Aliyu Hussaini and Amir Zakariyya, to death by hanging for killing Buhari Imam, a lecturer at Northwest University, Kano.
Justice Fatima Adamu delivered the judgment on Monday after finding the defendants guilty on three counts; conspiracy, armed robbery, and culpable homicide.
“The action of the defendants shows total disregard for human life,” the judge said.
“I hereby sentence the defendants to five years’ imprisonment each for conspiracy, 10 years’ imprisonment each for robbery without an option of fine. The convicts are hereby sentenced to death by hanging for culpable homicide. May God have mercy on them,” she declared.
According to the Prosecution Counsel, Mr. Lamido Abba-Sorondinki, the crime happened on June 11 at Sheka Sabuwar Abuja Quarters in Kano.
The convicts, he said, armed themselves with long knives and machetes and attacked the lecturer in his home around 3:30 a.m.
“In the process, the defendants robbed the victim of his mobile phone and caused his death by stabbing him in the stomach, thigh, and back,” the prosecutor told the court.
The prosecution presented three witnesses and submitted medical reports and photographs of the deceased as evidence.
Both convicts denied committing the offence, while their lawyer, Mr. Haruna Saleh-Zakariyya, pleaded for leniency.
The offences were found to have violated Sections 97(1), 298(c), and 221(a) of the Penal Code Laws of Kano State.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced Morocco as winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
The CAF Appeal Board ruled in favour of Morocco, declaring that Senegal forfeited the AFCON final by walking off the field during the game.
Morocco were awarded a 3–0 walkover victory.
This decision upholds Morocco’s appeal following the chaotic events in the match.
DAILY POST recalls that the Senegal team briefly walked off the pitch in protest after a controversial penalty was awarded to Morocco late in regulation time.
They were called back to the field by their captain, Sadio Mané, and later won the game 1–0.
CAF determined that this action constituted a violation of Article 84, or the equivalent regulations concerning refusal to play or abandoning the field.
Under AFCON rules, a team that refuses to continue playing or leaves the field without authorization faces elimination and forfeiture of the match.
A total of three operatives of different security agencies in Anambra State collapsed during the inauguration of Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, on Tuesday.
The incident happened during the parade at the Dr Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka.
The three operatives are one male police operative, another male operative of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) and a female operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
The police operative collapsed first, followed by the NSCDC operative, who slumped towards the end of the event and was later escorted to an ambulance, after she refused to be moved in a stretcher.
A source said the police operative was later resuscitated, but was still not stable, and was taken in an ambulance to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku Awka.
The collapse of the service officers was attributed to fatigue and the long period of parade under harsh sunny weather.
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