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Court sentences killers of Kano housewife, 6 children to death

By Salim Ashir Mahuta, Kano A Kano State High Court sitting at Bompai has sentenced Umar Auwalu, popularly known as Breaker, and Yakubu Dayyabu, also known as Wawo, to death by hanging for killing a…

  • Umar Auwalu and Yakubu Dayyabu sentenced to death for killing Fatima Abubakar and six children.
  • Convicts found guilty of culpable homicide in Dorayi Chiranci, Kano on January 17, 2026.
  • Isiyaku Abdul’azeez acquitted due to lack of evidence linking him to the murders.

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