A Man used his hands and killed his Daughter
A 65-year-old man, Malam Abba Jamji, has appeared before a Gombe Magistrate’s Court for allegedly killing his two-year-old daughter, Hauwa, by suffocating her.
The prosecution alleged that Jamji, a resident of Malam-madu village in Kwami Local Government Area of Gombe State, put the girl in a sack, tied it and dumped her in a nearby bush on September 12, 2010.
The court heard that Hauwa was the product of an illicit affair between Jamji and his wife’s younger sister. When the charge of culpable homicide, punishable under Section 221 of the Penal Code, was read to the accused, he told the magistrate that he understood the alleged offence (NAN)
Daily Trust Thursday, October 14, 2010
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