A Kano State High Court has sentenced Chinese national, Quandong Geng, to death for killing his girlfriend, Ummulkusum Sani Buhari (Ummita), in Kano State.
Top Society reports that Justice Sanusi Ado Ma’aji of Kano State High Court, sitting at Miller Road, Bompai, convicted the 47-year-old who lives at Railway Quarters on one count charge of culpable homicide.
Earlier, the prosecutor who is also the state’s attorney-general Haruna Dederi said the Chinese national stabbed his 22-year-old lover to death on September 16, 2022 at Janbulo Quarters, Kano.
“The victim was rushed to the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital Kano where she was confirmed dead by a medical doctor,”
he said.
Recall that in September 2022, Geng invaded the residence of Ummita and stabbed her to death during an argument.
He had fled the scene but was subsequently arrested by the police and arraigned.
The prosecution presented six witnesses and four exhibits to prove their case against the defendant.
The defence counsel Muhummad Dan’azumi presented the defendant to defend himself, one other witness and tendered five exhibits.
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During cross-examination in court, Geng said Ummita broke his heart by marrying another person, even though he had plans to settle down with her.
Geng said they had started preparing for their wedding and bought Ummita wedding dresses worth N1.5 million, sweets and other dresses they will wear on their wedding day, ‘Asoebi’ for her friends, and N700,000 new notes for spraying on the wedding day.
He said Ummita deceived him and married another person but continued requesting money from him.
He added that he bought Ummita gold jewellery worth N5 million, N6 million to process her certificate at Sokoto University, and N1 million to install the solar system in their house.
He said,
“I went to Sokoto to see her family members where I spent N700,000.
“On the 13th September 2022, she requested some money to be used in the house she is building in Abuja but I didn’t give her because I don’t have money then.
“Since then, she stopped answering my calls because she thought I am broke.
“Besides huge amounts of money I used to spend on her, I used to take her out to places like Bristol Palace and Central Hotel to eat food.”
The Chinese had claimed he didn’t kill Sani intentionally but stabbed her in self-defence after she allegedly grabbed his testes.
Speaking with reporters shortly after the judgment, Sani’s mother Fatima Zubairu said she was satisfied with the ruling.
