Court sentences man to death by hanging for killing 4-year-old in Kano

A Kano State High Court sitting on Miller Road has sentenced Hamisu Baita to death by hanging for the murder of a four-year-old boy, Suyudi Suraj.

The incident occurred in 2023 when Baita, popularly known as Dan’umma Dandago, allegedly entered the victim’s family house and abducted the minor. He took the young boy to a refuse dump located between the Dandago and Sani Mai Nagge communities, where he killed him and removed one of his eyes.

Following the incident, security operatives arrested the suspect and formally charged him before the court.

Delivering the judgment, Justice Sanusi Ado Ma’aji declared that the court was satisfied with the evidence presented by the prosecution.

The prosecution team, led by Umma Lawan and Bello Isa Lawal, tendered 12 exhibits and presented six witnesses during the prolonged trial to secure the conviction.

Despite the defendant’s attempt to defend himself, the court ruled that the prosecution had successfully proved its case, culminating in the death sentence.