The court, sitting at Bompai in Kano Municipal Local Government Area, freed the defendant after ruling that the prosecution failed to present sufficient evidence to establish the murder charge against him.
Justice Nasir Saminu, who presided over the case at High Court No. 11, held that the evidence presented by the prosecution was insufficient to secure a conviction.
Kawule was charged with culpable homicide under Section 221 of the Penal Code but pleaded not guilty to the allegation.
During the trial, the prosecution called witnesses to testify, while the defendant also presented his account of the incident in his defence.
The incident reportedly occurred in 2021 at Kogo Village in Takai Local Government Area of Kano State.
Kawule was accused of taking his wife on a motorcycle to search for a house for her in another village when they were involved in an accident that resulted in her death.
Following the incident, security operatives arrested him and subsequently charged him to court.
