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A Yobe State High Court sitting in Damaturu has sentenced a 45-year-old man, Abubakar Musa, popularly known as Daddy, to death by hanging for killing his wife, Ammi Adamu Mamman.

The court reportedly found Musa guilty of culpable homicide after ruling that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.

Musa was arrested on January 4, 2024, following his wife’s death at New Bra-Bra Estate in Damaturu.

The then Police Public Relations Officer of the Yobe State Police Command, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, said the incident was reported in the early hours of that day.

According to Abdulkarim, the ‘C’ Divisional Police Headquarters in Damaturu received a distress call at about 4:48 a.m. on January 4.

He said preliminary information indicated that the couple were lying on the same bed when Mamman was allegedly attacked with a sharp object on the neck.

The victim reportedly suffered severe bleeding, which led to her death.

Abdulkarim added that Musa was arrested for questioning, while detectives from the homicide unit of the State Criminal Investigation Department began investigating the incident.

Mamman’s death sparked reactions from her workplace and civil society organisations in Yobe State.

In a newsletter published in February 2024, Yobe State University confirmed that Mamman was a member of its staff. The university also disclosed that its Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mala Mohammed Daura, expressed sadness over her death and called on security agencies to ensure that those responsible were brought to justice.

Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, also sympathised with the deceased’s family and assured them that anyone found responsible for her death would face the law.

Yobe Court Sentences Man to Death by Hanging for Killing Wife

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