GOMBE COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR ARMED ROBBERY, MURDER
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By Aishat Momoh. O.
The Gombe State High Court sitting in Court No. 5 on Wednesday sentenced two men, Buhari Sule and Muktari Ali Hilami, to death by hanging for armed robbery and the murder of a 35-year-old man, Murtala Rabi’u.
Justice Muhammad-Auwal Haruna convicted the defendants after finding them guilty of criminal conspiracy, armed robbery and culpable homicide.
The case stemmed from the September 18, 2025, attack on Rabi’u at Garin Galadima village, near Pindiga, in Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State.
According to the prosecution, the defendants conspired and armed themselves with dangerous weapons, including sticks and hoes, before attacking and robbing Rabi’u of his mobile phone and N7,400.
The prosecution alleged that the defendants inflicted severe injuries on the victim, leading to his death, before dumping his body in a maize farm.
Presenting the case, state counsel Abdulkadir Ibrahim said the offences contravened Sections 97, 297 and 221 of the Penal Code Law.
Ibrahim told the court that the defendants agreed to attack the deceased, armed themselves with weapons and carried out the assault.
He further alleged that the defendants took Rabi’u’s Itel keypad phone without a SIM card and N7,400, which they shared after dumping his corpse in a maize farm.
The charges were read and explained to the defendants, but they pleaded not guilty.
During the trial, the prosecution called two witnesses, who testified and were cross-examined by defence counsel, Dan Mamman.
The defence subsequently called one witness, who was also cross-examined by the prosecution.
Delivering judgment, Justice Haruna said the court carefully considered the evidence presented by both the prosecution and the defence.
“The court has gone through all the charges brought by the prosecution, the evidence of the witnesses and the testimony presented by the defence,” the judge said.
Justice Haruna held that the prosecution had established its case beyond reasonable doubt, relying particularly on the testimony of the first prosecution witness.
The court consequently convicted Sule and Hilami and sentenced them to death by hanging.
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