On Tuesday, the Yobe State High Court in Potiskum sentenced a discharged soldier, Lance Corporal John Gabriel, to death by hanging, while Lance Corporal Adamu Gideon was handed a 10-year imprisonment term at the Nigerian Correctional Service.
Justice Usman Zanna Mohammed, presiding over the case, pronounced the conviction of Gabriel, bearing Nigerian Army number N/A13/69/6522 attached to 241 Recce Battalion, Nguru, and Gideon. The verdict followed their guilt on charges of murder and conspiracy, respectively.
Delivering the judgement, Justice Mohammed held that after careful consideration of the facts before the court and the failure of the defendants to provide essential witnesses to corroborate their claim, he sentenced the two convicts in line with the provisions of the law.
DAILY POST recalls that a prominent Islamic scholar based in Gashua, Sheikh Goni Aisami, was murdered in Karasuwa Local Government Area of Yobe State by a soldier whom he gave a lift to while on his way to Gashua from Kano on August 22, 2022.
Angered by the action of the ex-soldiers, the Yobe State Government, through the Ministry of Justice, took the matter to court, which led to the judgement.
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