Bauchi—Bauchi State High Court yesterday
sentenced to death by hanging Ibrahim Idris, 40, for
killing a six-year-old girl after failing in his attempt to
rape her.
Idris was dragged to the court, presided over by
Justice Yelim Bogoro, by the state Director of Public
Prosecution, DPP, Dawud Yakubu, who charged him
with culpable homicide, an offence contrary to
section 221 of the state law.
Dawud told the court that on September 14, 2012, the
accused called the deceased, Asiya Mohammed, into
his room with the intention to rape her.
He said when she refused, he used a knife to sever
her head, put it in a polythene bag and threw it into a
water channel.
He said the body of the deceased was recovered and
taken to General Hospital, Darazo, for post-mortem
examination before it was later handed over to her
parents for burial.
He called five witnesses and presented the axe and
knife the accused used to cut the head of the
deceased as exhibits and the witnesses testified that
he made a confessional statement.
In her judgement, Justice Bogoro said the
confessional statement of the accused was direct,
adding that the prosecutor proved his case beyond all
reasonable doubt and sentenced the accused to death
by hanging.
Justice Bogoro said: “I, hereby, sentence you to
death by hanging, but you have the right to appeal
within 30 days.”Source:vanguard.

even d bible say ''fear north''

A crime worth dieing for.