Man Handed Death Sentence For K!lling Friend Over Phone Charger In Bauchi

A man identified as Usman Abdullahi has been sentenced to death by hanging by a Bauchi State High Court number 9  for the murder of his friend, Zaidu Adamu Kofar Dumi, over a phone charger.

In his judgement, the presiding judge, Justice Sa’ad Muhammad Sambuwal, found the accused person guilty of causing grievous and culpable homicide contrary to sections 239 and 221 of the Penal Code.

Prosecution counsel from the State Ministry of Justice Barrister Abubakar Ahmed Kobi informed the court that one Adamu Mohammed Kofar Dumi reported at Police A Division that on 12th May 2021, the defendant had a misunderstanding with his son Zaidu Adamu and his friend Ziya’u Abdulhadi over a handset charger where the defendant used knife and st@bbed Zaidu in different parts of his body which caused grievous hurt. Zaidu was rushed to the Specialist Hospital Bauchi, where a Medical Doctor certified him d3ad.

The trial of the accused persons started on 30th December 2021, and the prosecution counsel charged the defendant on two counts of causing grievous hurt and homicide, where he caused d3ath with a knife when he st@bbed him with a knife in his stomach, neck and several parts of his body.

Counsel to the defendant Barrister Naziru Umar presented two witnesses and asked for leniency.

After all the two parties closed their submissions and final written address, Justice Sambuwal in his judgement said that “I hereby convict Usman Sa’ad for the offense of culpable homicide punishable with d3ath which you will be hanged by the neck till you d!e, as in section 221 of the Penal code.

“For the grievous hurt you are sentenced to five years in the correctional service as on section 239 of the Penal code”