Bauchi High Court hands death, life sentences to 64 convicts

The Bauchi State High Court has concluded 51 transgression trials, securing the condemnation of 64 individuals for offences ranging from equipped robbery and kidnapping to rape, culpable homicide, conspiracy and fraud.

The Information Officer of the Bauchi State Judicial Service Commission, Saleh Umar, disclosed this successful a connection issued connected Monday, noting that the judgments were delivered successful the past 4th of 2025.

He explained that the convictions were secured nether applicable laws, including the Penal Code, the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act, and the Bauchi State Penal Code, 2022.

According to Umar, 2 convicts; Muhammad Maina and Yakubu Adamu , were sentenced to decease by hanging aft the tribunal recovered them blameworthy of equipped robbery.

Seven others were handed beingness imprisonment without the enactment of good for crimes specified arsenic rape, conspiracy, robbery, culpable homicide and kidnapping.

Those sentenced to beingness presumption see Shehu Isa, Adamu Adamu, besides known arsenic Nalele, Mohammed Bello, Kabiru Ahmed, Muhammad Jibrin, alias Al-Amin, Usman Bello, known arsenic Maigamo, and Manu Umaru, besides called Alhaji Man...