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.

, Rodi's execution is the first and only execution to have taken place under sharia in Nigeria.
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Sharia law
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Q4520506
Nigeria
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Q657821
Katsina State
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Q175111
hanging
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Q8454
execution
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Q4520506
sharia in Nigeria
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Q7418251
Sani Yakubu Rodi
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1975-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1975
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1981-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1981
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2002-01-03T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
January 3, 2002
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2001-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2001
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date of birth
cause of death
manner of death