Sani Yakubu Rodi

Sani Yakubu Rodi (b. 1975 or 1981, according to conflicting reports) was the first prisoner to be executed under state-level Sharia law in Nigeria. He was hanged in a prison in Katsina State on January 3, 2002, for the 2001 fatal stabbing of a woman and her two children; however, he did not have legal representation at his trial (opting for self-defense), and had pleaded not guilty at his initial hearing, but had changed to a guilty plea at a later hearing, after which he was sentenced to death by hanging.[1]

So far, Rodi's execution is the first and only execution to have taken place under sharia in Nigeria.

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References

  1. ↑ Nigeria: First Execution under Sharia Condemned, by Human Rights Watch, New York, January 8, 2002


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