Nigeria: Kano court sentences mosque arsonist to death by hanging, 150 strokes of cane — Africa Links 24

An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Kano, on Monday, sentenced a 38-year-old man, Shafi’u Abubakar to death by hanging and 150 strokes of cane for setting a mosque on fire and killing 23 people.

Mr Abubakar, who lives in Gezawa Local Government Kano, is charged with culpable homicide, attempted murder, causing grievous hurt and mischief by fire.

Delivering judgment, Halhalatu Khuza’i-Zakariyya, held that out of the seven witnesses presented by the prosecution, only the…