A High Court sitting in Lokoja has sentenced a 24-year-old man, Dahiru Yusuf Abbah, to death by hanging for killing his father, Dahiru Yusuf, in the Sarkin-Noma area of Lokoja. Delivering judgement on Monday, the presiding judge, Justice M.M. Gwatana, found the defendant guilty of culpable homicide punishable with death under Section 221 of the Kogi State Penal Code, 2019. The judge held that the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant intentionally inflicted fatal injuries on his father, leading to his death. The incident occurred on October 5, 2024, after which the defendant was arrested and arraigned on a two-count charge of culpable homicide and criminal conspiracy under Sections 221 and 97(1) of the Kogi State Penal Code, 2019 (as amended). Prosecution counsel, Barrister M. Abaji, told the court that the defendant stabbed his father in the chest and back during the attack.
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