Sokoto Court Sentences Three CJTF Members to Death for Robbery and Murder

A Sokoto State High Court has sentenced three Civilian Joint Task Force members to death by hanging for criminal conspiracy, armed robbery and culpable homicide. The court found that the men stopped Babangida Nasiru and a female companion in Kagara village, Goronyo LGA, in September 2024. Prosecutors said they took ₦260,000 from Nasiru and held him in the bush. He was later found dead with gunshot wounds. Justice Kabiru Muhammad held that the surviving eyewitness gave credible evidence and that the defendants’ confessional statements were voluntary. The convicts have 90 days to appeal the ruling.

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