Niger State High Court has sentenced one Tunde Tayo to death by hanging for the murder of Abdullahi Janiya Yahaya in Maitumbi area of Minna, Niger State in 2019.
The convict, according to the judge, was arraigned on a two-count charge of robbery and culpable homicide under sections 298 and 221 of the penal code.
The High Court Judge, Justice Mohammed Mohammed, held that the circumstantial evidence against the accused by the prosecutor was strong, cogent and direct.
The convict, Tayo, and his friends still at large, were accused of cutting off the head of the deceased and immediately buried the body in a shallow grave inside an uncompleted building in the Maitumbi area of Minna on September 13, 2019.
The judge said the convict had admitted in his statement to the police that he owned the uncompleted building where the offence was committed.
The judge submitted: “Although he denied killing the deceased, the circumstantial evidence established that he was last seen with the deceased and that he committed the crime.
“On the charge of robbery on section 298 of the penal code, you are sentenced to life imprisonment. On the second count charge of culpable homicide under section 221 of the penal code law, you Tunde Tayo, is hereby convicted and sentenced to death by hanging until you die and may Almighty God have mercy on your soul,”
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