Blasphemy killing: Read what Kano court decided on suspected Bridget’s killers case

– Kano state magistrates’ court on Wednesday denied bail to the five men who allegedly killed Bridget Agbahime

– The prosecutor said that the should not be granted bail due to the sensitive nature of the case

– The defense counsel decided to take the case to the Kano High Court to appeal the no bail ruling

On the killing of 74-year-old Bridget Agbahime in Kano on June 2, 2016, a Kano court has made a major decision.

The Kano state magistrates’ court on Wednesday, July 20, denied bail to the five men who allegedly killed Bridget.
Bridget Agbahime was murdered at Kofar Wambai Market, Kano over alleged blasphemy.

The accused persons whose names are: Dauda Ahmed, Abdulmumeen Mustafa, Zubairu Abubakar, Abdullahi Abubakar and Musa Abdullahi, were charged with inciting, disturbance, culpable homicide, joint act and mischief.

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The presiding judge, Chief Magistrate Muhammad Jibril said the court, under Section 361 of the 1999 Constitution as amended, had the discretion to hear the bail application.

But Jibril said the court has no power to grant the accused persons bail.

He said: “Though, no material evidence to give the court, first information report is simply information. It shows the jurisdiction of a court to admit an accused person to bail only when there is no evidence to prove the accused person committed an offence.”

The judge also said the court had no power to grant the five suspects bail, though the court is convinced that investigation had been completed in the case diary sent to the State Ministry of Justice for legal advice.
Jibril, therefore, ordered the five suspects to be remanded in prison custody and adjourned the case to August 18 for further mention.

However, Gambo Abdulsalam, the defence counsel for all the suspects, told the court that he would forward the bail application ruling to the High Court, Kano.

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Abdulsalam said this was to enable him seek for their bail, since the court has the right to grant them bail.

Earlier, prosecutor Ekwe Sunday had opposed the bail application in view of the gravity of the offence.
Sunday said the suspects committed a capital offence in nature.

The prosecutor, therefore, urged the court not to grant the suspects bail because of the sensitive nature of the case at hand.

Meanwhile, Honorable Yakubu Dogara, the Speaker, House of Representatives from Kano state has removed the Chairman of the committee on appropriation, Mr Abdulmumin Jibrin.

Jibrin, an APC member from Kano state, hard serious disagreements with his colleagues over the handling of the controversial 2016 budget.

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