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A Sharia Court sitting in Katagum, Bauchi State, has sentenced Ibrahim Umar, popularly known as Maidada, to life imprisonment after convicting him of killing two men identified as Kabiru Idi and Muhammad Bello.
The accused was said to have murdered the victims in Taranka Forest and subsequently buried them in a grave he had dug.
State prosecutor, Barrister Muhammad Ali, told the court that the defendant had admitted his guilt from the outset of the trial and accepted the court’s judgment.
Speaking to journalists shortly after the sentencing, defence counsel, Barrister Ibrahim Umar Abdullahi, said the court had tempered justice with mercy, adding: “Everyone has a right to defence and we presented our case before the court and appealed for leniency since he pleaded guilty, the court granted life imprisonment instead of death by hanging.”
Sharia Court hands life sentence to Bauchi man who buried two victims
