A police officer, Corporal Anthony Azare has been sentenced
to death by hanging for intentionally killing one Mallam Yusif Abubakar.
He was sentenced by a high court judge in Kaura Namoda local government area of Zamfara State.
The
police officer was said to have illegally broke into the matrimonial
residence of the deceased without any lawful permit. The deceased trying
to defend himself hit the accused with a pestle and he responded by
using an AK47 rifle to shoot Yusif on the shoulder and lower abdomen,
which led to his death instantly.
In the case of the trial which
dragged on for almost three years, the unit commander of the Kaura
Namoda Police Division, ASP Benedict Gowon, helped the court establish
that the accused was on “illegal patrol” when the incidence happened.
Delivering
the judgement, Justice Muktar Yushau, said Rule 237 of the use of fire
arms specifically defines areas to shoot for self- defence when the
attacker possessed a less potent weapon, but said that, in this this
instance, the accused has used a more harmful weapon, “with the
intention to kill”.
The accused was thereby sentenced to death by hanging for intentional, culpable homicide.
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