On Tuesday, the Yobe State High Court in Potiskum sentenced a dismissed soldier, Lance Corporal John Gabriel, to death by hanging and Lance Corporal Adamu Gideon to ten years in the Nigerian Correctional Service.
After finding them guilty of murder and conspiracy, Justice Usman Zanna Mohammed convicted Gabriel, with Nigerian Army number N/A13/69/6522 attached to 241 Recce Battalion, Nguru, and Gideon.
In his decision, Justice Mohammed stated that after careful analysis of the evidence before the court and the defendants’ failure to provide crucial witnesses to verify their allegation, he sentenced the two convicts in accordance with the law.
