A 29-year-old man, Mustapha Idris, has been sentenced to death by a state High Court in Jigawa, for killing his pregnant girlfriend, Nafisa Hashimu.
Idrid and Hashimu, a divorcee, were living in Daneji area of the state before the incident.
She was found lying in a pool of blood on January 12, 2020.
Following police investigation, it was discovered that Idris had slit Nafisa’s throat and left her to die.
When interrogated, he initially denied the allegation but later confessed to committing the crime.
Idris said he had killed her, after she told him she was three months pregnant for him.
According to him, he committed the act to avoid the shame of having a child outside wedlock.
“I’m ashamed of how the society will see us after she delivers the unborn child out of wedlock, and thus I decided to terminate her life to stay away from shame,” he said.
After months of trial, the presiding judge, Justice Ahmed Kazaure, found him guilty of the crime and sentenced him to death by hanging.
