Gombe court sentences two men to death by hanging for armed robbery

A Gombe State High Court has sentenced two men, Buhari Sule and Muktari Ali Hilami, to death by hanging for armed robbery and the murder of a 35-year-old man, Murtala Rabi’u.

The judgment was delivered on Wednesday by Justice Muhammad-Auwal Haruna, Punch reported. The court found the defendants guilty of criminal conspiracy, armed robbery and culpable homicide.

They were charged over the September 18, 2025 attack on Rabi’u at Garin Galadima village, near Pindiga, in Akko Local Government Area. Prosecutors said the pair armed themselves with sticks and hoes, robbed him of his phone and N7,400, and dumped his body in a maize farm.

The defendants pleaded not guilty.

Justice Haruna said, “The prosecution has established its case and proved the allegations against the defendants beyond reasonable doubt.”

He added that the defendants “failed to establish their defence against the charges brought by the prosecution.”

He then ordered that each be “hanged by the neck until they are dead.”