KANO—A Kano High Court,
yesterday, sentenced to
death, by hanging, Bello
Garba Bello, alias Baba, an
undergraduate of Kano
State University of Science
and Technology for killing
his parents and younger
ones in 2010.
Bello was on September
13, 2010, arrested by
security forces for killing
his father, Garba Bello, a
Director with SSS, his
mum, Habiba Garba,
younger sisters, Hafsat
and Murjanatu Garba and
his younger brother
Khalifa, in cold blood at
their family house on Zoo
Road by Gandun Albasa
Quarters in Kano
metropolis.
The judge, Justice Haliru
Abdullahi, said he was
satisfied with the evidence
tendered before him that
the accused actually
committed the five-count
charge of homicide for
which he was charged.
In his judgment, Justice
Abdullahi said: “In the
end, I found the accused
guilty on the five-count
charge and hereby convict
him accordingly on each of
the five counts.”
Justice Abdullahi, in a 66-
page judgment, held that
the five victims were killed
as a result of various
degrees of multiple injuries
inflicted on them by the
accused person contrary
to section 221 of the
Penal Code.
Justice Abdullahi stated
that “in the light of the
foregoing, I found that the
prosecution has proved its
case beyond reasonable
doubt against the accused
person on all the five-
count charge. I hereby
sentence the convict to
death on each count and
he shall therefore be
hanged by the neck until
he is dead.”
The prosecution counsel,
Shu‘aibu Sule, said the
accused had confessed to
have committed the
offence in a written
statement he made to the
police on September 15,
2010.
He presented seven
witnesses before the
court including the
younger brother of the
accused, Farouk, whose
testimonies supported the
charges against the
defendant.
The defence counsel, Mr.
Ahmed Raji, had tendered
a 17-page written address
before the court
explaining the
circumstances leading to
the death of the five
persons and exonerating
the accused from the
charges preferred against
him.
According to him, the
statement written by
Farouk implicating the
accused was inadmissible
as the witness was below
the age of 14 and that
Bello Garba had earlier
written a statement on
September 14, 2010
exonerating himself before
he was forced to write
another one on September
15, 2010 confessing to the
offence.
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