A Kano State High Court has sentenced Hamisu Baita, popularly known as Dan’umma Dandago, to death by hanging for killing a four-year-old boy, Suyudi Suraj.
Justice Sanusi Ado Ma’aji, who delivered the judgment at the court sitting on Miller Road, said the prosecution had established the case against the defendant through six witnesses and 12 exhibits.
The judge said the court was satisfied with the evidence presented by the prosecution, led by Umma Lawan and Bello Isa Lawal, despite the defendant’s attempt to defend himself.
The incident occurred in 2023 when Baita allegedly took the child from his family’s house to a refuse dump between Dandago and Sani Mai Nagge communities, where he killed him and removed one of his eyes.
Security operatives subsequently arrested Baita and charged him before the court.
The death sentence followed a prolonged trial over the murder of the young boy.
