Court remands man arrested for st@bbing neighbour over electricity bill in Kano

Sharia Court in Kano State on Wednesday, March 12, ordered a 29-year-old man, Abduljabar Nura, to be remanded in a corrections centre for st@bbing his neighbour over an electricity bill. The police charged Mr Nura, who lives in Fagge Quarters in Kano, with causing grievous hurt. When the charge was read to the defendant, he pleaded guilty to the offence. The judge, Umar Lawal-Abubakar, ordered that the defendant should be remanded in the Goron Dutse Correctional Centre in Kano until April 15 for sentencing. The prosecution counsel, Zahradeen Abubakar, told the court that Haruna Kasim, the complainant, reported the matter at the Fagge police station on February 28. He alleged that the defendant and Mr Kasim had an altercation over an electricity bill. The police said that the defendant st@bbed the complainant with a pair of scissors on his back. The post Court remands man arrested for st@bbing neighbour over electricity bill in Kano appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.