Justice Muhammad Abubakar Sambo of Bauchi High Court has
sentenced a 27-year old man, Salisu Ali, of Zango village in Tafawa Balewa
Local Government of the state, to death by hanging for committing culpable
homicide.
The prosecution counsel, Sabiu Adamu Gumba, had told the
court that the accused lured his seven-year old brother, Yusuf Ali, to the bush
where he hit him with a stick, killing him instantly.
Mr. Gumba said the accused later cut off the p*nis of the
deceased and gave it to his dog.
In a confessional statement, the accused confirmed that he
killed Yusuf due to the misunderstanding between him and the mother of the
deceased.
According to him, he did not take any intoxicant while
committing the offence and the deceased did not engage him in a fight during
the incident as he fell and died instantly.
The prosecution counsel presented his first witness, Aliyu
Shehu, who is father to both the accused and the deceased. He told the court
that the deceased was sent to the market by his mother on the day he was killed
to buy detergent only for him to be lured by the accused into the bush.
He said a good Samaritan informed him that he saw the
accused with the deceased on their way to the bush. The witness said some youth
in the village later forced the accused into the bush where he showed them the
body of the murdered boy.
In his judgment, Justice Abubakar Sambo ordered that the
accused be hanged on the neck until he was certified dead.
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