Kano Sentences 19-year-old to Death for Killing Husband

A Kano State High Court has sentenced a 19-year-old woman to death by hanging for murdering her husband just nine days after their wedding. Justice Maryam Ahmed Sabo delivered the judgment on Thursday, July 30, 2026, finding Saudat Jibrin Farawa guilty of culpable homicide after determining the prosecution proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt.

The court heard that the victim, Salisu Idris, was killed on the evening of April 9, 2025, at the couple's home in Farawa Quarters, Kano. The prosecution, led by Barrister Lamido Abba Soron Dinki, alleged that Saudat served her husband a drink before slitting his throat with a kitchen knife. The offense contravenes Section 221A of the Penal Code Law.

During the trial, the prosecution presented two witnesses: a police investigator, ASP Ezekiel, and the deceased's father, Alhaji Idris Danlarai. The father testified that he found his son's house locked from the inside and entered through the backyard, discovering Salisu lying in a pool of blood with a knife in his neck. He stated that while taking his son to the hospital, the victim identified his wife as the attacker before dying at the hospital gate. The prosecution also tendered a...