Man To Die By Hanging For Stabbing Friend To Death Over 20 Naira

A Kano State High Court on Wednesday, July 31, 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 borrowed by him.

Yakubu, who lives at Sabuwar Gandu Quarters in Kano, was convicted on 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 borrow him N20.

Soron-Dinki said the convict the stabbed the deceased in the chest with a scissors during an argument over the money.

Soron-Dinki presented six witnesses before the court while the convict defended himself.

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