Kano court sentences five men to death for murdering a woman over witchcraft claims. The case highlights superstition-driven ...

Five men have been sentenced to death by hanging in Nigeria's Kano state for the 2023 murder of a woman they accused of ...

Delivering judgment, Justice Usman Na’abba ruled that the prosecution had proven its case beyond reasonable doubt and sentenced the five convicts to death by hanging.

A Kano State High Court on Monday sentenced five men to death by hanging for murdering a 67-year-old woman, Dahare Abubakar, whom they accused of witchcraft.

A Kano State High Court, on Monday, sentenced five men to death by hanging for the murder of a 67-year-old woman, Dahare ...

A Kano state high court has sentenced five men to death by hanging for killing Dahare Abubakar, a 67-year-old woman they ...

The court heard that the victim was murdered after the sick wife of one of the accused, Abdulaziz Yahaya, had a dream that she was being pursued by Ms Abubakar, who was holding a knife.

The convicted men attacked Dahare Abubakar, 67, as she was working on her farm, beating and stabbing her to death. Ms Abubakar's family went to the authorities and the suspects were swiftly ...