Crime
The Kano State High Court sitting on Miller Road has sentenced Hamisu Baita, popularly known as Dan’umma Dandago, to death by hanging for the murder a four-year-old boy, Suyudi Suraj.
Delivering the judgment on Thursday, November 12, 2026, Justice Sanusi Ado Ma’aji said the prosecution, led by Umma Lawan and Bello Isa Lawal, had presented six witnesses and 12 exhibits to establish the case against the defendant.
The court said it was satisfied with the evidence presented by the prosecution, despite the defendant’s attempt to defend himself.
The incident occurred in 2023 when Baita allegedly entered the victim’s family house, took the four-year-old boy to a refuse dump between Dandago and Sani Mai Nagge communities, where he murdered him and removed one of his eyes.
After the incident, security operatives arrested Baita and charged him before the court.
The death sentence followed a prolonged trial over the murder of the young boy.
