COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR KILLING GIRLFRIEND, REMOVING HER EYES FOR N10MILLION

Adamawa State High Court of Justice has convicted and sentenced a man, Abubakar Mohammed, to death by hanging for culpable homicide.

The court presided by Hon. Justice Bulila Ladokiya Ikaro, sentenced the convict after he was tried and found guilty for being in possession of human parts and culpable homicide.

She sentenced him to 21 years imprisonment with N100, 000 option of fine as well as to death by hanging and that the sentences are to run concurrently.

Abubakar, who hails from Jauro Tukur village in Akko Local Government Area, Gombe State relocated to Shagari Phase II, Yola South LGA, Adamawa state in search of greener pastures.

The convict who became a water vendor, fell in love with Christiana Augustine, whom he later killed, gauged her eyeballs, cut her breast and removed her tounge in order to sell.

The father of 7 came in contact with a man known as Buhari Mohammed, at Sanda junction in Yola South who allegedly hinted him about a man who had indicated intetest to buy eyeballs at the sum N10million.

NEWS PLATFORM gathered that Buhari, allegedly assured Abubakar, that if he can get it, he will link him up with the man who can buy it.

Upon hearing the amount of money, the convict thought of where he can get it and finally settled at Christiana, his girlfriend.

He was said to have went to the deceased's house on the 26th January, 2019 at 7:30pm to see her, but was informed that she had gone out.

While returning back home, the 38 year old convict met with her where he asked her to come and meet him where they used to meet in order to enjoy themselves

Few minutes later, the deceased who had no inkling that death was lurking around the corner, met the convict at the uncompleted building as arranged.

It was gathered that after both of them lay down on the ground, the convict pretended as if he wanted to have sexual intercourse with her where he used a knife in his possession and slit her throat and plucked one of her eyeballs while damaging the other one in the process of removing it.

The following day, the convict took the eyeballs to Buhari where he showed him, but that the later was shocked where he chased him away the eyes.

The convict was trailed and arrested after the lifeless body of Christiana was found in the building the following day; hence, his arraignment and prosecution.