A Yobe State High Court in Potiskum has sentenced a dismissed soldier, Lance Corporal John Gabriel, to death by hanging for killing the Islamic cleric Sheikh Goni Aisami. The court also sentenced Gabriel’s accomplice, Lance Corporal Adamu Gideon, to 10 years in prison.
Sheikh Aisami, a popular Islamic scholar based in Gashua, Yobe State, was murdered in the Karasuwa local government area of the state by Gabriel, whom he had given a free ride to from Kano State to Gashua on August 22, 2022.
The trial judge, Justice Usman Zanna Mohammed, who gave the verdict, convicted Gabriel with Service Number: N/A13/69/6522, attached to 241 Recce Battalion, Nguru, and Gideon after finding them guilty of murder and conspiracy, respectively.
Delivering the judgment, Justice Mohammed held that after carefully considering the facts before the court and the failure of the defendants to provide essential witnesses to corroborate their claims, they were sentenced in line with the provisions of the law. When asked if he had any objection, Gabriel confessed that he murdered the renowned Islamic cleric.
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