A Sharia Court sitting in Katagum, Bauchi State, on Monday sentenced Ibrahim Umar, popularly known as Maidada, to life imprisonment for the brutal killing of two men whose bodies he secretly buried in a forest grave.
The convict was found guilty of murdering Kabiru Idi and Muhammad Bello in Taranka Forest, where he reportedly dug a pit and concealed their remains after the crime.
Prosecuting counsel, Barrister Muhammad Ali, told the court that Umar admitted the offences at the outset of the trial and accepted the court’s judgment without contest.
Speaking with journalists after the ruling, defence counsel, Barrister Ibrahim Umar Abdullahi, said the court showed mercy by imposing life imprisonment instead of the death penalty.
“Everyone has a right to defence. We pleaded for leniency because he confessed and showed remorse, and the court granted life imprisonment rather than death by hanging,” Abdullahi said.
The judgment brings closure to a case that had shocked residents of the area and renewed calls for tougher action against violent crimes in rural communities across the state.
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