In Kogi, man sentenced to death by hanging for the murders of two women

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

While delivering his judgment, Justice Nicodemus Awulu of Kogi State High Court 5 passed the sentence in a case of Culpable Homicide brought against the convict.

Awulu ruled that the prosecution had proven beyond a reasonable doubt that the convict intended to kill the women based on the weapon he used.

The evidence of Rekiya Rilwan (PW1), an eyewitness at the scene of the crime, had fixed the defendant and destroyed his alibi, according to the jurist.

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As a result, Awulu 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, told the court that the alleged offence was committed on June 6, 2020 by Danladi Ichado of Odogomu, Ankpa Local Government Area of the state.

Culpable Homicide Charges In violation of Section 221(a) of the Penal Code, Ichado was said to have killed the women on June 6, 2020, at Oko-Ojuwo, Ogaji in Ankpa, by stabbing them on the head and in the chest with a short cutlass.

Opaluwa called six witnesses and presented four exhibits, while the defendant called one witness and testified in his own defense.

The prosecution claimed that the convict used a lethal weapon to attack the women and thus urged the court to rule that he intended to kill the women based on the weapon he used.

He claimed that Ichado used the weapon to inflict deep wounds on their heads and chests, destroying vital organs and ultimately killing them.

According to him, on the fateful day, the three women – Rabiyetu Yusufu, Jemila Yakubu, and Rekiya Rilwan – were on their way to farm when the defendant appeared from the bush wearing a face mask and pounced on them.

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He claimed that the defendant attempted to flee but was apprehended and arraigned later.

In his defense, Ichado tried to establish an alibi by claiming that he was at home harvesting palm fruits on the day of the incident and thus couldn’t have been the one who attacked the women.