NIGERIA: FIVE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER

Justice Abdul-Azeez Waziri of the Yola High Court sentenced five men to death by hanging for the murder of a cattle herder in Adamawa State. The judge found the accused people guilty of criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide in Adamawa State. The convicts are Alex Amos, Alheri Phanuel, Holy Boniface, Jerry Gideon and Jari Sabagi, all from Demsa local government area of Adamawa State. They were accused of conspiring and attacking three herdsmen at Kadamun village in Demsa LGA on June 1, 2017. During the attack, they killed one of their victims, identified as Adamu Buba, and dumped his corpse into a river.