A Yobe High Court on Tuesday sentenced a jealous boyfriend, Muhammed Adamu, to death by hanging for killing his 24-year-old girlfriend, Hauwa Muhammad.
Muhammed Adamu brutally murdered his girlfriend Hauwa Muhammad last year, after she dumped him for another man.
Delivering judgment, Justice A. Jauro held that he found Adamu guilty of murder under Section 221 of the Penal Code.
Mr Jauro held that the prosecution has proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt that Hauwa was intentionally killed by the convict. He ruled:
“By virtues of section 273 Criminal Procedural Code, when a person is sentenced to death, he be hanged by the neck to death.
“I, therefore, sentence you Muhammed Adamu to die by hanging. May God have mercy on you,” said Mr Jauro.
Speaking to newsmen after the judgment, defence counsel, M. Dauda, said that he would carefully study the verdict and possibly file an appeal.
Also speaking to newsmen, the convict said:” I have been praying to God for the best judgment.
”I believe that it is the will of God for me and I believe this verdict is God’s choice. I whole heatedly accept it”.
NAN reports that on June 5, 2018, the Police in Yobe alleged that Adamu killed his girlfriend, Hauwa, on May 29, 2018, during an altercation.
Nollywood actress Peggy Ovire has confirmed that her marriage to actor Frederick Leonard has officially…
Nigerian music star Burna Boy will join a lineup of international artists for the first-ever…
Asiya El-Rufai, one of the wives of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai, has alleged…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrestey of a journalist Zainab Sodiq after she…
Former Managing Director of the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC), Ahmed Dikko, has pleaded not…
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has claimed that President…