The Court of Appeal sitting in Jos, Plateau State on Tuesday sentenced a middle-aged man, Jibril Idrisa, to death by hanging for killing his aged father over N56,000 being proceeds from the sale of guinea corn.
Delivering judgment, Justice Habib Abima, overturned the judgment of the State High Court in Bauchi which acquitted the convict.
The appellate court said that the lower court erred in its judgment.
“The court sets aside the judgment delivered by the lower Court discharging and acquitting Jibril Idrisa.
“He is found guilty of the offence of culpable homicide punishable with death contrary to section 211 of the penal code law of Bauchi State.
“The court hereby sentences him to death by hanging,” Justice Abima ruled.
Family members of the deceased, through their counsel, Ishaq Magaji, had prayed that the appellate court set aside the January 26 judgment of Justice M.A. Sambo of the state High Court, Bauchi.
Mr Magaji said that the convict agreed that he killed his father and buried him in a shallow grave beside a river in Tafawa Balewa, after an argument over the proceeds from the sale of some bags of guinea corn.
