A 49-year-old Chinese language businessman accused of fatally stabbing his Nigerian girlfriend has been sentenced to loss of life by a courtroom within the West African nation after he was discovered responsible of the crime. Based on BBC, the September 2022 incident occurred within the state of Kano.
The Chinese language man, recognized as Frank Geng Quarong, is claimed to have stabbed his girlfriend Ummu Kulthum Sani a number of instances after he made his method into her room. The loss of life row prisoner has 90 days to attraction the Kano courtroom’s choice. Quarong earlier than the deadly incident was an worker at a textiles firm within the West African nation.
In an interview with the information outlet, Ummu’s brother, Sadiq Sani, stated that his sister and Quarong began courting in 2022 after the pair crossed paths at a mall. A household pal, Ahmad Abdullahi, additionally recalled what he noticed when he went to the household residence within the wake of the killing.
Abdullahi stated he seen that “lots of people had gathered outdoors the home.” “That was after we knew one thing unhealthy had occurred. Geng was her boyfriend and had good relations together with her household previous to that day,” he added.
“Earlier than the incident they had been having points as she was now not and he didn’t wish to let go.”
Neighbors additionally stated Quarong entered the sufferer’s household residence on the night time of the deadly incident after banging on their gate. He subsequently shoved Sani’s mom after she opened the gate and made his method to his girlfriend’s room. He additionally locked the door earlier than fatally stabbing the sufferer.
Sani’s household tried to assist her after listening to the sufferer screaming and crying. However she was discovered with a number of stab wounds after the door was finally damaged, BBC reported. Sani, who was an agriculture undergraduate, succumbed to her accidents at a hospital.
Through the trial, Quarong instructed the courtroom that he didn’t deliberately kill the sufferer, Premium Instances reported. The 49-year-old convict claimed that he “stabbed her in self-defense after she grabbed my testes.”
However the sufferer’s brother welcomed the punishment the courtroom handed to Quarong, telling BBC that anybody discovered responsible of taking somebody’s life additionally deserves to endure the identical destiny. “We thank God for displaying us this present day… I pray that my sister’s soul continues to relaxation in peace,” Sadiq stated.
Although loss of life sentences are allowed in Nigeria, the punishment is hardly executed. Presently, there are over 3,400 loss of life row inmates in Nigeria. In 2013, The Guardian reported that 4 inmates had been hanged at a jail in Benin Metropolis, Edo state. That was the West African nation’s first executions since 2006. Three different inmates had been additionally executed in 2016, per experiences.
