Death penalty
Evidence presented to the court showed that the victim was murdered by strangling and later thrown into a deep well in her home.
The controversial bill was sponsored by the Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Aliyu Sabi-Abdullahi, (APC – Niger)
Audu has been sentenced to death by hanging for stabbing one Hussein Isa to death over a land dispute.
Kidnappers whose victims die in their custody will get the capital punishment while those whose victims do not die will get life sentences, Lagos lawmakers have decided.