A rice farmer, Kabiru Zelani has been sentenced to death by hanging for overpowering his assailant, said to be a herder.

He had overpowered the herder, identified as Ardo Ali and stabbed him to death in Adamawa State.


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The President Muhammadu Buhari-led regime is widely viewed as providing cover for Fulani herdsmen who have been notorious for invading farmlands with their cattle and destroying crops.

Zelani, 22, reportedly used his attacker's assault dagger to stab him to death during an invasion of his farmland on October 18, 2015 in the state.

The convict, who has been standing trial for more than 5 years, was on Tuesday handed a death sentence and would be hanged for stabbing an intruding herder, Ali, to death.

Justice Fatimah Ahmed Tafida of the High Court IV, sitting in Yola, the state capital, convicted Zelani, after he was tried and found guilty of culpable homicide punishable by death contrary to section 221(b) of the state penal code law.

The judge declared that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and that "the court hereby sentences you, Kabiru Zelani, to death by hanging until certified dead by a medical doctor".

Zelani, a resident of Leme village in the Gombi local government area, was said to have stabbed Ali to death during a fight over the destruction of his (Zelani) rice farm.

Zelani had narrated that "while working on my rice farm on 18th October, 2015, the deceased came and put his animals on my rice farm. When I saw that the animals were destroying the crops, I confronted the herder; so he became provoked.

"The herder used his cutlass and struck me on my right hand, the evidence of which could be seen here, a scar, showing serious injury, and that he also pulled out his knife and tried to stab me, but I (Zelani) fell the herder on the ground.”

After more than 5 years of trial, the 22-year-old farmer has been condemned to death by hanging for daring to defend himself and his farm produce.

Nigeria justice system for you

Hausa sentenced to death because he defended his life against a Fulani invader...
Anyways na family matter I comot hand like this

It can never be well with this govt

Seems the Fulanis are now dealing with the Hausas.

hmmm

HELINUES JIHADI BRETHREN

Put a link...

But IF true, this is miscarriage of justice.

The killer acted in self defense.

Hausas will NEVER learn. They have accepted Fulani to be their Masters till the end of time.

No matter how much you tell them what's happening.

It's like the person that gave the judgement is Fulani,
What a wack judgement, sentenced to death for defending himself?
So he should have allowed himself to be killed?
Get a lawyer take them to higher court.
Self defense is allowed in Nigeria consitution.

This is sad, he protected himself against obvious death only to be sentenced to death for bravery and self defence. But those fulani herders who have killed are still walking free like they only killed a chicken. They said they were bringing change, we never knew it was the evil type

Brainless judgement

Miscarriage of justice! This is what we will get since a sharia court judge is heading our justice system!

Nigerian don't have a law ...
Nxt when da sa vote,
Da u vote for someone who have de heart of others people...
At age of 60.. what are da looking for in government house.....

What can 60 years old man and woman do for you...... .....
Rather bad road .bad government.
UE and ICC or UN
Are happy selling guns to Black...,


Now da are shouting one nigerian..,.
UAR have been sink in to de deepest Sea
And some people are still looking for de map
Lol

Oyo is nxt Boko Haram are come to take de land believe or live it....

This is the evil one Nigeria they (foolanis) want for everybody. But Afonjas, aka Yoruba Muslims, enslaved hausas, and the foolish we south south south×infinity will not see anything wrong here. They are beclouded to see the impending doom of one Nigeria where only Fulani calls the shots and determine the future of the aborigines.

Let human right group and activists rise for the help of this man. The international community should please speak up against this abomination!

No source to your story?

Self defence is a legal right but under the Buhari regime, it has now been turned to taboo especially against a fulani because they're the favoured species. Too bad!

DaniDani:
This is the evil one Nigeria they (foolanis) want for everybody. But Afonjas, aka Yoruba Muslims, enslaved hausas, and the foolish we south south south×infinity will not see anything wrong here.

They are beclouded to see the impending doom of one Nigeria where only Fulani calls the shots and determine the future of the aborigines.

Let human right group and activists rise for the help of this man. The international community should please speak up against this abomination!

Many of them are yet to fully comprehend the doom that has creeped in already.It is a warped justice system.