Kano Court Sentences 25-year-old Man To Death For Killing Friend Over N20 Loan
A Kano High Court on Wednesday sentenced a 25-year-old man, Umar Yakubu, to death by hanging for stabbing his friend, Ibrahim Adamu, 22, to death during an argument over N20 loan. Yakubu, who lives at Sabuwar Gandu Quarters in Kano, was convicted on a one-count charge of culpable homicide, contrary to Section 221 of the Penal Code Law. Delivering judgment, Justice Dije Aboki, held that the Prosecution has proved its case beyond reasonable doubts. Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Lamido Soron-Dinki, told the court that on June 13, 2018, at about 11 a.m in Sabiwar Gandu Quarters, Kano, the convict asked the deceased to give him a loan him of N20. Soron-Dinki said the convict the stabbed the deceased in the chest with scissors during an argument over the N20 loan. Soron-Dinki presented six witnesses before the court while the convict defended himself. The post Kano Court Sentences 25-year-old Man To Death For Killing Friend Over N20 Loan appeared first on Naijaloaded | Nigeria...