How Man Who Was Celebrating After His Football Team Won A Match Was Stabbed To Death In Jos

November 1, 2019
336 Views

man stabbed

File photo

An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama, Jos, on Friday, sentenced an 18-year-old man, Adamu Saidu, to five years in prison for stabbing a man who was celebrating with his football team after winning a match.

The Judge, Mr Lawal Suleiman, sentenced Saidu after he pleaded guilty to causing grievous hurt and begged the court for leniency.

Suleiman, however, gave the convict an option to pay a fine of N100,000.

He also ordered the convict to pay N5,000 to the complainant, Gali Khali.

Suleiman said that the judgment would serve as a deterrent to those who would want to indulge in such grievous criminal act of causing hurt.

Earlier, the Police Prosecutor, Ibrahim Gokwat told the court that the case was reported on October 11, at the Laranto Police Station by Khali.

Gokwat said the convict stabbed the complainant while celebrating with his football team after winning a match.

He said that the complainant incurred a hospital bill N9,300.

The offence, he said, contravenes the provisions of sections 58 and 215 and punishable under sections 59 and 215 of Plateau State code law.

You may be interested

Alleged N2.7bn Money Laundering: EFCC Arraigns Two in Lagos
Crime
Crime

Alleged N2.7bn Money Laundering: EFCC Arraigns Two in Lagos

Webby - March 25, 2024

The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, March 25, 2024, arraigned the duo…

Akpabio’s Audacious Call For Ceasefire In Gaza – By Rt. Hon Eseme Eyiboh
News
News

Akpabio’s Audacious Call For Ceasefire In Gaza – By Rt. Hon Eseme Eyiboh

Webby - March 25, 2024

President of Nigeria’s Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, CON has in faraway Geneva, Switzerland at the ongoing 148th Session of the…

Time to end government by palliatives – By Hassan Gimba
News
1 views
News
1 views

Time to end government by palliatives – By Hassan Gimba

Webby - March 25, 2024

This article is a repeat as it was first published on November 1, 2020. Palliative–this ten-letter word has taken over…

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published.