NO TIME: Man Sentenced To Death In Katsina, Then Tries To Kill Himself In Court

«§» 27 December 2013

A man who was sentenced to death by a court in Katsina was restrained by wardens after he tried to take his own life.

Aminu Ibrahim was sentenced today by the  High Court sitting in the Malumfashi area of the state.

Ibrahim was convicted of armed robbery and as such is to die by hanging as the law stipulates.

According to the Leadership report, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) discloses that the convict, on hearing the verdict, immediately attempted to commit suicide in the court’s cell room using an iron bar.

He was, however, overpowered by prison warders who struggled with him for minutes before pinning him down and dragging him into a waiting vehicle.

Ibrahim was convicted and sentenced by Justice Abbas Bawale for armed robbery, an offence contrary to section 1,(2) CAP. R.11 of Robbery and Firearms Act, Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The charge was filed on Oct. 13, 2011, while the offence was committed in Sept. 2011 on Kafur-Malumfashi road, where victims were robbed of their valuables.

In his Judgement, Bawale held that the prosecution had succeeded in proving its case beyond reasonable doubt.

He said that the court was satisfied with the testimonies of the five witnesses, including some of the robbery victims and the investigating police officers, presented by the prosecution counsel, Mr Aminu Garba.

Garba had also tendered five exhibits including a locally made gun, used fillets and a stick, all used during the commission of the crime and which were admitted by the court.

The judge said the witnesses had established before the court that Ibrahim was arrested at the scene of the crime during which one of his accomplices was shot dead while others escaped.

The court, therefore, dismissed efforts to discountenance the testimonies of witnesses by the defence counsel, Mr A.I. Radda, and sentenced the convict to death by hanging. (NAN)

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Posted: at 27-12-2013 11:52 PM (10 years ago) | Hero

no time to waste time

Posted: at 28-12-2013 04:23 AM (10 years ago) | Upcoming

I've never read of all the rotten politicians arrested......talk more of being sentenced.

Are they above the Law??
I forgot.....Nigeria is Lawless.

God is watching.

Posted: at 28-12-2013 06:16 AM (10 years ago) | Hero

no problem to that but what is good for the jews should be good for the gentiles also....why sentencing some robbers to death while sentencing the bigger robber to higher offices with respect and honors?? I still ask why?...I tire for Nigeria ur country

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Posted: at 28-12-2013 07:12 AM (10 years ago) | Hero

what about politicians who steal in broad day light,what has the courts done to them? nothing.

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Posted: at 28-12-2013 08:38 AM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

 

Posted: at 28-12-2013 09:21 AM (10 years ago) | Hero

Hmmm, why death penalty na?

Posted: at 28-12-2013 10:39 AM (10 years ago) | Hero

perfectly right

Posted: at 28-12-2013 01:26 PM (10 years ago) | Grande Master

 

Posted: at 28-12-2013 02:15 PM (10 years ago) | Grande Master

he will still die.

Posted: at 28-12-2013 06:01 PM (10 years ago) | Upcoming