The Yobe State High Court has sentenced a dismissed soldier, Lance Corporal John Gabriel, to death by hanging for killing an Islamic cleric, Sheikh Goni Aisami.
Sitting in Potiskum, the court also sentenced Lance Corporal Adamu Gideon, an accomplice in the murder, to 10 years imprisonment.
Aisami, a popular Islamic scholar based in Gashua, was murdered in Karasuwa Local Government Area of Yobe State by Gideon whom he gave a free ride on his way to Gashua from Kano on August 22, 2022.
Prior to the accused soldiers’ arraignment, the Nigerian Army had dismissed them after a joint board of inquiry set up in collaboration with the police, found them culpable of the crime.
In giving the sentences, Justice Usman Zanna Mohammed said Gabriel and Gideon were found guilty of murder and conspiracy, respectively.
