A Kano State High Court has sentenced 22-year-old Najibullah Alkasim to death by hanging after finding him guilty of killing his neighbour, Isyaku Ya’u, during a confrontation at a celebration party in Dakata Quarters on January 19, 2024.
Delivering judgment, Justice Farida Dabappa ruled that the prosecution had established a case of culpable homicide beyond reasonable doubt, stating that Alkasim stabbed Ya’u in the chest with a screwdriver during an argument at the event.
Prosecution counsel, Lamido Abba-Sorondinki, explained that the incident occurred during a party organised to celebrate an election victory.
The prosecution presented four witnesses, a medical report, a photograph, the screwdriver used in the attack, and an alleged confessional statement by the defendant.
Although Alkasim denied the charge and his lawyer, Tasiu Daneji, called three witnesses in his defence, the court held that their testimonies failed to rebut the prosecution’s evidence.
