A Kano State High Court, on Tuesday, pronounced a death sentence by hanging on Chinese national, identified as Frank Geng-Quangrong, 47, who stabbed his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani, 22, to death.
It was gathered that Geng-Quangrong, was convicted on one count charge bordering on culpable homicide.
Justice Sanusi Ado-Ma’aji, in his judgement, upheld that the prosecution had proven its case beyond any reasonable doubt, adding that: “The defendant’s testimony is inconsistent I hereby find him guilty.”
Meanwhile, the prosecution counsel, the Attorney-General of Kano State, Haruna Dederi, informed the court that the convict committed the offence on September 16, 2022 at Janbulo Quarters Kano.
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According to him, on the same date at about 9pm, the convict stabbed the deceased with a knife in her house located at Janbulo Quarters, Kano for undisclosed reason.
He said: “The victim was promptly rushed to the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, Kano, where she was confirmed dead on arrival by a medical doctor.”
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The offence, according to the prosecutor, contravenes the provision of Section 221(b) of the Penal Code.
The defence counsel, Muhummad Dan’azumi, presented the defendant to defend himself and one other witness, who tendered five exhibits.
Dan’azumi urged the court to recommend the defendant for a prerogative of mercy under Section 313 of ACJL.
In his testimony, the accused, Frank said, “I didn’t kill Ummulkhulsum intentionally but stabbed her in self-defence after she grabbed my testacles.”
