By Ken Chiwendu
Justice I. I. Mashi, of the Katsina State High Court 9 has sentenced two men to death for the murder of a former Commissioner for Science and Technology, Rabe Nasir.
Nasir was reportedly killed on December 8, 2021, by hired assassins in his residence located at Fatima Shema Housing Estate, Katsina State.
The court confirmed that Shamsu Lawal, a former guard of the deceased, and Tasi’u Rabi’u, who worked as a cook in Nasir’s house, poisoned the former commissioner, leading to his death after they failed to steal from him.
Police evidence revealed that the deceased was poisoned, as medical investigation showed poison in his body.
Besides the death sentence for the two convicts, the court also sentenced another former guard, Sani Sa’adu, to five years in prison for concealing the truth about the murder.
Also, the court acquitted a girl named Gift Bako due to a lack of sufficient evidence linking her to the crime.
Nasir served as the Commissioner for Science and Technology in Katsina State during the administration of former governor Aminu Masari in 2021.
He was also a federal legislator representing Mani and Bindawa Federal Constituency in 2003 and had previously worked as an officer in the Department of State Services.
