A Kano State High Court sitting at Court 11, Bompai, has sentenced two men, Umar Auwal and Yakubu Dayyabu, to death by hanging for the murder of a woman, Fatima Abubakar, and her six children at Dorayi Ciranci in Kano.
The judgment was delivered on Friday by Justice Nasiru Saminu, following the court’s consideration of evidence and submissions presented by both the prosecution and defence.
The court found Auwal, popularly known as Breaker, and Dayyabu, also known as Wawo, guilty of murdering Fatima and her six children in an incident that occurred on17 January 2026.
Consequently, Justice Saminu sentenced each of the defendants to death by hanging seven times, corresponding to the seven victims killed in the attack.
The court also sentenced the two men to life imprisonment for conspiracy and armed robbery.
However, the court discharged and acquitted a third defendant, Isiyaku Yakubu, of the charge of conspiracy in connection with the killing of the seven victims.
The prosecution team was led by the Kano State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Abdulkarim Kabir Maude, alongside Barrister Salisu Muhammad Tahir.
The defendants were represented by Barristers J. I. Musa and A. I. Baba.
The judgment brings to a close the trial over the killing of Fatima Abubakar and her six children, a case that attracted significant public attention in Kano.
