The Jigawa State High Court, sitting in Birnin Kudu, condemned two people to death on Friday for planning to assassinate Yakubu Ibrahim and dumping his body by the highway.
The accused were charged with planning to steal the deceased’s phone, money, and automobile after killing him.
The offense was alleged to have been committed on August 30, 2021, along the Kano-Maiduguri Road at the Kantoga wayside in Jigawa State’s Birnin Kudu LGA.
Prosecutors called four witnesses and presented four exhibits in the case, proving the case beyond reasonable doubt.
The presiding court, Justice Musa Ubale, stated that the offenders were all found guilty of all three counts, and as such, They were each condemned to life in prison for criminal conspiracy.
They were all sentenced to 21 years in prison without the option of paying a fee for robbery.
The court, however, condemned the defendants on the final count to death by hanging under sections 97 (1), 298 (1) (a), and 221 (b) of the Penal Code, respectively.
The prisoners were given three months to appeal.
