A Jos Court of Appeal (COA) on Tuesday sentenced a middle-aged man,
Jibril Idrisa, to death by hanging for killing his aged father over
N56,000.00 being proceeds from the sale of Guinea Corn.
Delivering the judgment, Justice Habib Abima, overturned the judgment of the lower court that acquitted Idrisa.
“The court sets aside the judgment delivered by the lower Court discharging and acquitting Jibril Idris.
“He is found guilty of the offence of culpable homicide punishable
with death contrary to section 211 of the penal code law of Bauchi
State.
“The court hereby sentences him (Jibril Idris) to death by hanging,’’ Abima ordered.
The appellate court held that the lower court erred in its judgment.
The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that family members of the
deceased, through their counsel, Mr Ishaq Magaji, prayed the appellate
court to set aside the Jan. 26, judgment of Justice M.A. Sambo of the
state High Court, Bauchi.
Magaji said that convict agreed that he killed his father and buried
him in a shallow grave beside a river in Tafawa Balewa, after an
argument over the proceeds from the sale of some bags of Guinea Corn.