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...