A Kogi High Court sitting in Lokoja has sentenced a middle-aged man, Danladi Ichado, to death by hanging for allegedly stabbing two women, Rabiyetu Yusufu and Jemila Yakubu, to death.

Justice Nicodemus Awulu of Kogi High Court 5 passed the sentence in his judgement on the case of culpable homicide brought against the convict.

Awulu held that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt that the convict intended to kill the women based on the weapon he used.

Awulu therefore, convicted the defendant and sentenced him to death by hanging.

Earlier in the case, the prosecution led by Inedu Opaluwa, Senior Legal Officer with the state Ministry of Justice had told the court that Danladi Ichado of Odogomu, Ankpa Local Government Area committed the alleged offence on June 6, 2020.

Opaluwa called six witnesses and tendered four exhibits while the defendant called one witness and gave evidence in his defence.

According the prosecution, three women, Rabiyetu Yusufu, Jemila Yakubu and Rekiya Rilwan, were going to farm on the day when the defendant pounced on them, killing two.

He said that the defendant initially escaped but was later caught and arraigned.

Ichado in his defence had tried to establish an alibi that he was at home harvesting palm fruits on the day of the incident and therefore couldn’t have possibly been the one that attacked the women.

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