Surprisingly, magistrates in Kano State have brought to a
drastic end the 6 months trial of all the five suspected murderers of late Late
Bridget Agbahime aged 74 whom they accused of blasphemy, as they were all set
free by the court.
Bridget Agbahime, 74 years was strangulated to death by
crowd at Kofar Wambai market for supposed blasphemy last June.
According to sources, the Chief magistrate, Mr. Jibrin
Muhammed took the decision to release the five suspects on the directive of the
attorney-general of the Kano State to the amazement of the public.
The freed suspects who were given a four-count charge of purportedly
impelling unsettling influence, guilty manslaughter, joint act and naughtiness.
are named as follows: Dauda Ahmed, Abdulmumeen Mustafa, Zubairu Abubakar,
Abdullahi Abubakar and Musa Abdullahi.
Kano State counsel, and representative of the attorney –general
Mr Rabiu Yusuf, told the court that they have no argument against the suspects.
“We received the case diary from the police on June 8 and
having gone through the case diary, the attorney- general of Kano state
evaluated the facts in accordance with sections 130 and 150 of the criminal
procedure code.”
“The legal advice presented to the court, dated June 24,
states that there is no case to answer as the suspects are all innocent and
orders the court to discharge all the suspects.”
At the end of the sitting, counsel to the five accused, Mr
Abdulsalam Gambo expressed his gratitude to the state attorney-general for the
victory of his clients.
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