A Kano High Court on Tuesday sentenced 22-year-old Sagiru Rijiyar-Zaki to death by hanging for committing culpable homicide.
The court found him guilty of fatally stabbing his stepmother, Rabiatu Sagir, and strangling his sister, Munawara, with a scarf.
In delivering the judgment on Tuesday, Justice Amina Adamu-Aliyu ruled that the prosecution had successfully proven its case beyond reasonable doubt.
Consequently, she sentenced the convict to death by hanging.
Earlier, the prosecuting counsel, Mr. Lamido Abba-Sorondinki, told the court that the convict committed the offence on January 7, 2023, at Rijiyar Zaki Quarters in Kano.
He stated that at approximately 8 p.m., Rijiyar-Zaki fatally stabbed his stepmother, Rabiatu, in the neck with a screwdriver following a misunderstanding, and also strangled his sister, Munawara, using her scarf.
To establish the case, the prosecution called two witnesses and presented several exhibits as evidence against the defendant.
The convict, however, denied committing the crime.
According to the prosecutor, the offence violates Section 221(a) of the Penal Code Law of Kano State, 1991.
In his defence, counsel Mr. Mubarak Abubakar presented the convict to testify on his own behalf.
