A Kano High Court on Monday sentenced a 37-year-old man, Tahir Tanimu, to death by hanging for stabbing one Shamsu Yakubu to death. Tanimu, alongside Martins Joseph of Unguwa Uku Quarters, Kano, was convicted on a three-count charge of criminal conspiracy, abetment and culpable homicide. “I hereby sentence Tahir Tanimu to death by hanging for culpable homicide. Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Mr Lamido Abba-Sorondinki, told the court that the convict committed the offence on March 1, 2019, at Unguwa Uku Quarters in Kano. The Defense Counsel, Mr Sani Idris pleaded for leniency on behalf of the defendants praying the court to temper justice with mercy.