Two condemned to death for Katsina ex-commissioner's murder

Two condemned to death for Katsina ex-commissioner's murder

Shamsu Lawal, who was the deceased's guard, and Tasi'u Rabi'u, his cook, were found guilty of poisoning Mr Nasir. The post Two condemned to death for Katsina ex-commissioner’s murder appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

Court Sentences Two to Death in Katsina

The Katsina State High Court, led by Justice I. I. Mashi, has sentenced two individuals to death over the murder of former Commissioner for Science and Technology, Rabe Nasir. Nasir was reportedly murdered on December 8, 2021, by hired assassins at his residence in Fatima Shema Housing Estate, Katsina. The court found that Shamsu Lawal, a former security guard, and Tasi’u Rabi’u, who served as a cook in Nasir’s household, poisoned him after fail…

Cook and Guard Sentenced to Death for Killing Former Katsina Commissioner

KATSINA, Nigeria — A Katsina State High Court on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, sentenced two domestic staff to death for the 2021 murder of Rabe Nasir, a former Commissioner for Science and Technology in Katsina State. Presiding judge Justice Ibrahim Mashi of High Court 9 found Shamsu Lawal, a former security guard, and Tasi’u Rabi’u, a cook, guilty of conspiring to poison Nasir after failing in earlier attempts to rob him. The verdict followed a de…

Katsina Court Sentences Guard, Cook to Death for Murder of Ex-Commissioner - Newsmakers

Malik Yahya/ A Katsina State High Court has sentenced two domestic staff to death for the 2021 killing of Dr. Rabe Nasir, former Commissioner for Science and Technology. Justice Ibrahim Mashi of High Court 9 handed the death sentences to Shamsu Lawal, Nasir’s former guard, and Tasi’u Rabi’u, his cook, after finding them guilty of […] The post Katsina Court Sentences Guard, Cook to Death for Murder of Ex-Commissioner appeared first on Newsmakers.…