Tuesday, April 11, 2023

THREE ACCUSED OF KILLING A MAN FOR CHASING CATTLE OUT OF FARM REMANDED




Adamawa State High Court of Justice No. 9 has ordered the remand of 3 persons over alleged criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide.


The presiding judge, Hon. Justice Benjamin Lawan Manji, remanded Jibbo Gambo, 23, Abdu Abdu, 45 and Mohammed Shehu, on their arraignment before the court on Wednesday last week.


They were arraigned before the court for criminal conspiracy to commit culpable homicide contrary to section 60(1) (a) and punishable under section 61(1) of penal code law.


The 1st, 2nd and 3rd defendants pleaded not guilty to the offences after which the prosecuting counsel, D. I. Kulthu (Senior State Counsel II), applied for adjournment to enable him call witnesses.


Justice Manji, adjourned the case to the 3th and 4th May, 2023, for hearing which was not objected by G. M. O, counsel to 1st defendant and G.A. Akpanamasi, who appeared for 2nd and 3rd defendants respectively.


Jibbo Gambo and 2 others allegedly caused the death of Hamman Adama(aka Yaya Gulak) of Lakare community, Yola South Local Government Area, on the 13th March, 2022.


According to the prosecution, the defendants had on that fateful day, stormed a community known as Wuro Modibbo in the LGA to rustle cattle but that their operation failed woefully.


While on their way back home from the failed outing, the deferndants again criminally conspired and invaded the deceased's house in order to rob him of his valuable.


They were alleged to have made their own way into the deceased's house and matcheted him on the head and by the neck and left him lifeless.


In his extra judicial confessional statement which was tendered in court but yet to be admitted in evidence, the 1st defendant confessed that they terminated the life Gulak because he once chased their cattle out of his farm.


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