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