Supreme Court affirms death sentence for Kaduna man convicted of fatal stabbing
Although, the Supreme Court judgment was delivered on April 17, its Certified True Copy (CTC) was made available to newsmen on Monday in Abuja. It would be recalled that Abu Umar, who was the appellant, had appealed against the unanimous verdict of the Appeal Court in Kaduna which affirmed the judgment of the Kaduna State High Court in charge number: KDH/KAD/29C/2016. Abubakar was said to have died shortly thereafter in Umaru Musa Yar’adua Hospital in Sabon Wuse, Niger State, where he was immediately taken to.
- ▪Although, the Supreme Court judgment was delivered on April 17, its Certified True Copy (CTC) was made available to newsmen on Monday in Abuja.
- ▪It would be recalled that Abu Umar, who was the appellant, had appealed against the unanimous verdict of the Appeal Court in Kaduna which affirmed the judgment of the Kaduna State High Court in charge number: KDH/KAD/29C/2016.
- ▪Abubakar was said to have died shortly thereafter in Umaru Musa Yar’adua Hospital in Sabon Wuse, Niger State, where he was immediately taken to.
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Home » Supreme Court affirms death sentence for Kaduna man convicted of fatal stabbingMetro Supreme Court affirms death sentence for Kaduna man convicted of fatal stabbing Sunday Ejike July 27, 2026 Share Add as a preferred source googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-6861913-2'); }); The Supreme Court has affirmed the conviction and death sentence imposed on a Kaduna-based man, Abu Umar, who stabbed another man to death in a fight. A five-member panel of justices of the apex court, in a lead judgment delivered by Justice Jummai-Hannatu Sankey, held that the appeal was lacking in merit and affirmed the July 22, 2020 decision of the Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna which upheld the death sentence handed down to Umar by the High Court of Justice, Kaduna State, on…
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