Chinese national Geng Quandong has been sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Buhari, in Kano State.
Quandong, 47, faced charges of culpable homicide over the death of Ms Buhari, 23, at Janbalu quarters in September 2022, reportedly after she refused to marry him following alleged exploitation.
In his testimony, the convict said:” I didn’t kill Ummulkhulsum intentionally but I stabbed her in self-defence after she grabbed my testes.”
PremiumTimes gathered the Kano State High Court handed down the death penalty after finding Quandong guilty of the killing. Justice Sanusi Ado-Ma’aji, delivering the verdict, emphasized that the prosecution had sufficiently proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt.
“The defendant’s testimony is inconsistent. I hereby find him guilty,” the judge said.
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