Kano convict whose leg, hand are to be amputated gets reprieve

  A convict waiting for the execution of a Shariah court order to have his left leg and right hand amputated and has been in a Kano prison for 18 years has gotten reprieve as the state’s Grand Khadi, Dr Tijjani Yusuf Yakasai ordered a review of his case. City & Crime reports that the […]

 

A convict waiting for the execution of a Shariah court order to have his left leg and right hand amputated and has been in a Kano prison for 18 years has gotten reprieve as the state’s Grand Khadi, Dr Tijjani Yusuf Yakasai ordered a review of his case.

City & Crime reports that the court had found him guilty of armed robbery and theft and therefore ordered the amputation of his hand and leg in accordance with the provisions of the Sharia Penal Code.

However, after spending 18 years in prison without the execution of the court order, Dr Yakasai set up a committee to review his case.

Spokesman of the Kano State Command of Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Misbahu Kofar Nasarawa, said the review committee was to be headed by an Upper Shariah Court Khadi, Abdullahi Sarki Yola, to be assisted by five other khadis as members.

Nasarawa said that the state’s Controller of NCoS, Suleiman Inuwa, expressed delight with the gesture, saying it would help decongest the facility.

He, therefore, urged the 147 other inmates convicted for minor offences and granted clemency by the committee to be of good behaviour.