The court found him guilty this morning and passed the sentence shortly after. His lawyers led by Ahmed Raji, have said they will pursue their client's appeal to its logical conclusion through all the courts of the land.
Garba Bello Aliyu was taken to court by the Kano State Justice Department after being arrested by the police on September 13, 2010, over the alleged killing of his father, Garba Bello; an officer then with the State Security Services (SSS) his mother, Habiba Garba, his younger brother Khalifa, and two sisters, Hafsat and Murjanatu.
The lone survivor of the killings, his eleven years old brother, Farouk Garba Bello had told the court at the commencement of the trial in 2011 that his brother, Bello Garba murdered their father, his mother and 3 siblings. He had escaped by taking refuge in a toilet, he claimed.
Bello had also made a confessional statement to the police after his arrest which he later claimed was made involuntarily, after operatives of the SSS had threatened him into admitting the offence.
