19-YEAR-OLD GIRL SENTENCED TO D£ATH FOR K!LL!NG HER 30-YEAR-OLD HUSBAND JUST 9 DAYS AFTER THEIR WEDDING IN KANO

A Kano High Court has sentenced 19-year-old Sa’adat Jibrin to d+ath by h@nging for the culpable h@micide of her 30-year-old husband, Salisu Idris, just nine days after their wedding.

Jibrin, who resides in Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano State, was convicted after the court found that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.

Delivering judgment on Thursday, July 30, 2026, Justice Maryam Sabo ruled, “I hereby sentence Saadat Jibrin to d+ath by hanging for culpable h@micide. You have 90 days to appeal.”

Earlier, prosecution counsel, Lamido Abba-Sorondinki, told the court that Jibrin committed the offence on May 5, 2025, at Farawa Quarters in Kano.

According to him, at about 9 p.m., Jibrin allegedly laced her husband’s “Zoho” drink before att@cking him with a kn#fe.

The prosecution presented two witnesses in support of its case, while Jibrin denied committing the offence.

The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 221(a) of the Penal Code.

However, defence counsel Abdulfatah Muhammad pleaded for leniency, telling the court that Jibrin had become a changed person while in custody and had memorised the Holy Qur’an.

He also urged the court to consider that she was the eldest child in her family and that her siblings depended on her for survival.