LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Adamawa State High Court, has sentenced one Nuhu Pius to 21 years in prison over the murder of another man.
Following his arrest and trial, Pius was found guilty of killing one Gabriel Solomon, by stabbing him with a knife, while Solomon was trying to separate a fight between Nuhu and a neighbour.
The convict who was sentenced by Justice Maxwell Pukuma on 5 June, was found guilty on a one-count charge of culpable homicide.
According to the Prosecution counsel, the incident happened at a tea joint in Trigali Village, Ganye Local Government Area of the State.
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Solomon accidentally hit Pius with a stick when he was trying to stop the fight between him and Wari, the prosecution explained.
Pius, reacting violently, stabbed Solomon in the chest with a knife, causing him to bleed to death.
Counsel to the defendant, Oliver Obidah, had pleaded for leniency, pointing out that he was a first-time offender.
Delivering his judgement, Justice Pukuma held that the prosecution proved its case against Nuhu Pius as provided by law and therefore found him guilty as charged.
He ordered the sentence to start running from the day of the convict’s remand.
Reacting to the judgement, the Defence counsel, Obidah, said he would consult Pius to see whether they would head to the Court of Appeal.
