Naseer AL-SIRAJDEEN, Minna
Chief Magistrate Ummulkhatum Mohammed of Minna Chief Magistrate Court 1, has ordered that Muzanmil Abubakar, a 24 years old be remanded for allegedly killing his biological father.
The Operatives of Homicide Squad from the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligent Department (SCIID), Niger State Police Command arrested Muzanmil and arraigned him in Court.
He is standing trial on one count charge on culpable Homicide punishable under section 221 of the penal code law which attract death penalty upon conviction.
According to the Police First Information Report (FIR) marked MN/CR/45/2024, made available in court, revealed that on the 29th, of June, 2024, Mr. Abubakar Abdullahi of Sauka Kahuta area of Minna reported the case of murder at the Kpakungu Divisional Police Command.
” That on the 28th June,2024 at about 12. Noon, you Muzanmil Abubakar of Model City area Barkin Saleh Minna was together with your own father, Abubakar Adawa at home.
” You could not give satisfactory account of the where about of your father when asked despite the searched. Police detectives swung into action and during Investigation a spot was discovered suspected to be a shallow grave”
“And when it was dugged the dead body of your Father was found with legs and hands cut off to which you answered to have administered rat poison substance in to his food”
” Which he ate and became weak and you used a hoe to hit him on his head to death and after which you used a sharp knife to severed his body into parts to enable you bury him easily.
” It was further revealed that you did that dastard act because your father had several times reported you to vigilante group for tortured. You are thereby suspected to have committed the above captioned offence”
When the Presiding Chief Magistrate read the charge to the suspect, he pleaded not guilty.
However, the Police Prosecutor Inspector Bello Mohammed Beji told the Court that the legal unit of the Command will forward the case file to the Ministry of Justice for advise and he requested for the remand of the suspect pending the out come of the advise.
The Presiding Chief Magistrate then told the Prosecutor to hasten up to forward the case file to the Ministry of Justice, while she ordered for his remand and adjourned the case to 18th September 2024 for further mention.
