Man to die by hanging for killing aged father

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.