Kano court sentences phone robber to d3ath for m8rder of 22-year-old man

A Kano State High Court has sentenced one Abdulaziz Umar, to d3ath by hanging for the m8rder of a 22-year-old man, Mubarak Salisu Badawa. 

Umar was convicted on a two-count charge of armed robbery and culpable homicide.

Delivering the judgement on Monday, May 4, 2026, the trial judge, Justice Zuwaira Yusuf, holds that the prosecution had proven its case beyond reasonable doubt.

She found the defendant guilty on all counts and convicted him as charged.

The incident occurred on October 1, 2020, at about 6:00pm at the Race Course in Badawa area of Kano, where the victim was attacked and robbed of his Samsung handset valued at N100,000.

Umar was charged alongside several accomplices identified as Muyi, Umar Sarki, Diga, Ashosho, and Taduke, who are all currently at large.

During the trial, the prosecution, led by Aisha Salisu, a Deputy Director of Public Prosecution in the Kano State Ministry of Justice, presented four witnesses whose testimonies implicated the defendant. 

The defence counsel, Ya’u Abdullahi Umar, called only the convict to testify in his defence.

According to the charges, the defendant and his accomplices conspired to rob the victim, carried out the robbery using a knife, and caused his d3ath by st@bbing him, with the knowledge that such action could result in fatal consequences.

The court found him guilty of criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, culpable homicide punishable with d3ath, and brigandage under relevant provisions of the Penal Code Law of Kano State.

Justice Yusuf subsequently sentenced Abdulaziz Umar to d3ath by hanging in accordance with the law.