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NAZIRU AUWALU
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KANO STATE

(2024) JELR 112784 (SC)

Supreme Court 26 Apr 2024 Nigeria
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- The appellant was convicted and sentenced to death by the High Court of Kano State for criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide under Sections 97 and 221(1) of the Penal Code, a decision affirmed by the Court of Appeal, Kano Division. -

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Suit Number:SC/CR/120/2021
Judges:JOHN INYANG OKORO, JSC MOHAMMED LAWAL GARBA, JSC HELEN MORONKEJI OGUNWUMIJU, JSC IBRAHIM MOHAMMED MUSA SAULAWA, JSC TIJANI ABUBAKAR, JSC
Counsel:A. S. Gadanya, Esq., for the Appellant; S. S. Gezawa, Esq. for the Respondent.

HELEN MORONKEJI OGUNWUMIJU, JSC (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal, Kano Division Coram: Abubakar Datti Yahaya, Habeeb Adewale Abiru and Amina Audi Wambai JJCA delivered on the 2nd day of July, 2020 which affirmed the judgment of the trial Court delivered by Hon. Justice A.T. Badamasi on 25th January, 2016 which had convicted and sentenced the Appellant for the offences of Criminal Conspiracy and Culpable Homicide punishable with death.

The Appellant being dissatisfied with the said judgment of the Court of Appeal lodged an appeal against same vide a Notice of Appeal dated 28th July, 2020 and filed on 29th July, 2020 against the whole decision bf the Court of Appeal which affirmed the decision of the trial Court.

The facts that led to this appeal are as follows:

The Respondent at the trial Court preferred a two-count charge against the Appellant who was the second defendant at the trial Court and another for the offences of Cr…

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