At about 9 p.m, the defendant stabbed Sani with a knife in her house at Janbulo quarters, Kano.”
By Ife Osemedua
365Daily – Frank Geng-Quangrong, a 47-year old Chinese man, has been rearraigned before a Kano High Court for allegedly murdering his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani, 22.
He was arraigned by the Kano State Government on Thursday, October 27, 2022 on a charge of culpable homicide.
Geng-Quangrong had earlier appeared in court on October 4, where the Kano State Government was asked to provide an interpreter for the defendant.
When the case came up for re-arraignment, the Attorney General of Kano State and prosecutor in the matter, Musa Abdullahi-Lawan, presented an interpreter from the Chinese Embassy, Mr Guo Cumru, to interpret the proceedings from English Language to mandarin to the defendant.
He told the court that Geng-Quangrong committed the offence on September 16 at Janbulo Quarters, Gwale Local Government Area of Kano.
The prosecutor alleged that on the same date, at about 9 p.m, the defendant stabbed Sani with a knife in her house at Janbulo quarters, Kano, for undisclosed reasons.
“We are ready and intend to present five witnesses, we don’t want to take much time as the interpreter is from Abuja,” he said.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Abdullahi-Lawan said that the offence contravened the provisions of Section 221(b) of the Penal Code.
Mr Muhammad Umar, who held brief for the nominal complainant.
Responding the Defence Counsel, Mr Muhammad Dan’azumi, earlier objected that in a criminal case there is no procedure for holding brief.
Justice Sanusi Ado-Ma’aji, ordered the remand of the defendant in a correctional centre.
He adjourned the matter until Nov.16, Nov. 17 and Nov. 18, for hearing.
A local radio station in Kano had earlier reported that the deceased was in a relationship with Mr Gheng before she eventually got married to someone else whom she later divorced.
The suspect, it was alleged, continued to make efforts to rekindle their past romance which she rejected before he jumped into her family house on that Friday, September 16 and butchered her to death.
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