Categories: Crime

Kano Driver Bags 15 Years For Killing Traffic officer

Judges gavel and law books stacked behind

Justice Maryam Sabo of Kano State High Court on Wednesday sentenced a driver, Kassim Hussain to 15 years imprisonment for killing a Kano Road Traffic Agency officer, Tijjani Adamu Gambo, who was attempting to remove his vehicle’s licence plate.

The court also imposed on the 27-year-old a fine of N500,000, with an additional five-year jail term if he fails to pay the fine.

Delivering her judgment on Wednesday, Justice Sabo ruled that the sentences will run concurrently and commence from the date of Hussain’s arrest.

Earlier, the prosecution, represented by Barrister Mahdi Aliyu Abdulrahman from the Kano State Ministry of Justice, siad Hussain committed culpable homicide on October 29, 2021, around 10:00 am on Airport Road, opposite Eldorado Cinema in Nassarawa Local Government Area.

The charge stated that he intentionally struck Gambo with his car to evade arrest and prevent the removal of his licence plate.

“That you, Kassim Hussain, 27, on or about the 29th of October 2021 at about 10:00 hours at Airport Road, opposite Eldorado Cinema in Nassarawa Local Government Area, within the Judicial Division of this Honourable Court, committed culpable homicide with death, in that you caused the death of one Tijjani Adamu Gambo, a Kano Road Traffic Agency (KAROTA) personnel who was on duty, by doing an act to wit, you knocked him down and ran over him with your car in order to prevent him from removing your licence plate or taking you to their office. And thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 221 of the Penal Code (CAP 105) Laws of Kano State 1991,” the charge read.

To support their case, the prosecution called five witnesses and submitted various exhibits, including a medical certificate, photographs of the deceased, and statements recorded during the investigation.

Among the prosecution witnesses presented were Adamu Gambo Unguwa Uku, the father of the deceased, Suleiman Shehu Ismail, KAROTA personnel at Eldorado Cinema, Dr Ibrahim, who examined the deceased and confirmed his death, and the Investigative Police Officer who recorded the statement of the defendant.

Hafsoh Isiaq

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