A Minna Magistrates’ Court on Friday
ordered the remand of a 38-year-old Arabic teacher, Bashiru Isah, accused of
strangling his own son. Isah was arraigned on a one count charge of culpable
homicide, punishable under Section 221 of the Penal Code Law.
The Police prosecutor, Insp. Emmanuel Danladi,
told the court that one Aisha Bashiru, wife to the accused person, reported the
matter at Lapai Police Division on Sept. 19. Danladi said the complainant
alleged that on the same date at about 1:15 am, her husband, a resident of Ebbo
village in Lapai, took their son into his room and strangled him to death with
his hands without any reasonable excuse.
He said Isah admitted committing the
crime during police investigation. When the charge was read to the accused
person, he pleaded guilty. However, the Magistrate, Maryam King, said the court
would not record the plea of the accused because it lacked jurisdiction to try the
case.
King therefore directed the police
to forward the case file to the State Director of Public Prosecution for legal
advice. She adjourned the matter till Oct. 26, for further mention.
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