A Kogi State High Court sitting in Okene has sentenced one Abdulmutalib Abduljabar to death by hanging for k!lling his friend, Momohjimoh Abduljafar. Delivering judgment on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, Justice A.S. Hussein found the defendant guilty of culpable homicide punishable with death under Section 221 of the Kogi State Penal Code, 2019 (as amended). The presiding judge held that the evidence tendered by the prosecution was overwhelming and proved beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant intentionally st@bbed his friend to d-ath. According to the prosecution counsel, Esther J.