Cook, guard sentenced to death for poisoning ex-Katsina commissioner
The Katsina State High Court has sentenced Shamsu Lawal, a former guard, and Tasi’u Rabi’u, a cook, to death for the 2021 murder of Rabe Nasir, a former Commissioner for Science and Technology in the state, after Justice Ibrahim Mashi found them guilty of poisoning him, leading to his death.
According to the prosecution, the duo resorted to poisoning the former commissioner after failed attempts to steal from him.
A joint autopsy conducted by the police and hospital confirmed the presence of poison in Nasir’s body.
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The court also sentenced another former guard of the deceased, Sani Sa’adu, to five years in prison for concealing the truth about the murder.
On the other hand, the court acquitted a lady named Gift Bako due to a lack of sufficient evidence linking her to the crime.
Lawyer for the convicts, Ahmad Murtala Kankia, pleaded for leniency, emphasising that “the convicts have families and dependents.” Family vacation packages
The late Nasir served as the Commissioner for Science and Technology in Katsina State during the administration of former Governor Aminu Masari.
The deceased was also a former federal legislator representing Mani and Bindawa local governments in 2003.
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