Court Sentences Kano Woman To Death For Throwing Minor Into  Deep Well

By  Suleiman Anyalewechi

A Kano housewife, Fadila Adamu, is to die by hanging for kidnapping and killing a teenager, a Kano state High Court has ruled.

Adamu was find guilty of  causing the death of her victim, an eight-year girl,  by throwing her inside a well after holding captive.

Delivering judgement on Friday, March 28, 2025, Justice Yusuf Muhammad Ubale held that the prosecution has proved its case beyond any reasonable doubt .

“I hereby sentence the defendant to death by hanging for kidnapping and throwing the victim into a well resulting in her death” the Judge ruled .

Earlier, the prosecution Counsel, Lamido Abba Sorondinki,  informed the Court that  Adamu committed the crime on July 14 ,2019 in the Tudun Wada area of Kano.

According to him, the defendant abducted the victim at about 4.45 pm on the said date and took her to her residence .

The defendant was said to have informed her sister that the victim was the daughter of her friend who had traveled to Ghana, requesting her to take care of her child until her return.

Sadly, however, Adamu was said to have thrown the minor into a deep  well on July 17, 2019, at about 6.30 pm at Tukuntawa Quarters in Kano, a development that led to her death.

The prosecution in the course of the trial  presented seven  witnesses and documented evidences ,including the defendant’s statement to prove his case .

But despite the overwhelming evidences tendered  by the prosecution, the defendant pleaded not guilty to the crime.

Justice Ubale, in sentencing the defendant , held that her  action was in clear contravention of Sections 274 (b) and 221( a) of the Penal  Code that relate to abduction and culpable homicide.