A Kano State High Court, north-western region on Tuesday sentenced a Chinese man, Geng Quandong, who is being prosecuted for murder of his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Buhari, to death by hanging.
After the prosecution proved the alleged murder beyond reasonable doubt, the court ruled that Quandong, 47, was found guilty of the offence of culpable homicide punishable with death under Section 221 of the Penal Code Law of Kano State and convicted accordingly.
On September 16 2022, Quangrong stabbed a 23-year-old to death at her family residence in Janbulo quarters, Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano.
