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An Higher Shariah Court docket in Kano State on Monday, Might 20, ordered the remand of Shafiu Abubakar Gadan for allegedly setting a mosque ablaze, killing 14 worshippers.
The incident occurred throughout the Subhi (early morning) prayer in Gezawa Native Authorities Space of the state on Might 15, 2024.
Many different worshippers sustained various levels of accidents from the following hearth.
The accused can also be charged with setting a number of residents on hearth, leading to grievous hurt and the demise of some people.
Through the court docket session, the prosecution, led by Kano State’s Lawyer Basic, Barrister Haruna Isah Dederi, offered three counts of inflicting grievous hurt and culpable murder in opposition to the accused.
Dederi alleged that on Might 15, 2024, at about 5:15 a.m., the defendant used petrol and set a mosque at Gadan village on hearth throughout subhi.
“The defendant poured the petrol on the carpet the place Sani Suleiman and 24 others have been praying, and closed the door,” Dederi mentioned.
“Within the course of, a number of folks sustained varied levels of accidents and have been rushed to Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital Kano for remedy, whereas Suleiman and 13 others died whereas receiving remedy.”
Shafiu Abubakar Gadan pleaded responsible to the fees.
The prosecution mentioned the case is a capital offence and urged the court docket to permit the defendant to get a lawyer to offer him his constitutional proper.
In response, the presiding decide, Malam Halhalatul Huza’i Zakariyya, ordered the accused to be remanded in a correctional facility.
The case has been adjourned to Might 31, 2024.
