A Kano High Court has sentenced Geng Quandong, a Chinese man standing trial for the murder of his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Buhari to death by hanging.
He was found guilty of culpable homicide punishable with death under Section 221 of the Penal Code Law of Kano State and convicted accordingly.
Mr Quangrong had stabbed his 23-year-old girlfriend to death at her family residence in Janbulo quarters, Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano on September 16 2022.
Justice Sanusi Ado-Ma’aji held that the prosecution had proven its case beyond the reasonable doubt while delivering his judgment.
“The defendant’s testimony is inconsistent. I here by find him guilty”
“I here by recommend mercy by the Kano State Governor on behalf of the convict”
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, the Attorney-General of Kano State, Haruna Dederi, had informed the court that the convict committed the offence on Sept.16, 2022 at Janbulo Quarters Kano.
He revealed that the incident occurred on the same date at about 9 p.m when the convict stabbed the deceased with a knife in her house situated at Janbulo Quarters Kano for reasons known to him.
“The victim was rushed to the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital Kano where she was confirmed dead by a medical doctor”