The Kano State High Court, Court 15, presided over by Justice Sanusi Ado Ma’aji, has sentenced a locksmith, Hamisu Baita, to death by hanging for the murder of five-year-old Suyudi Surajo.
Delivering the judgment, Justice Ma’aji said the court was satisfied with the evidence presented by the prosecution.
“The court is satisfied with the evidence presented by the prosecution,” the judge said.
The prosecution, led by government lawyers Ummi Lawal Tudun Wada and Bello Isa Lawan, called six witnesses during the trial.
The defendant’s counsel, Mubarak Abubakar, presented Baita to defend himself and also called one witness.
However, the court rejected his defence. Baita was accused of killing Surajo in 2024 at Dandago, Filin Mushe area of Kano, after allegedly cutting the child and gouging out his eyes.