Ilorin Court Remands Drunk Fulani Herdsman for Killing Fellow Herder with Machete
An Ilorin Magistrates Court on Thursday ordered the remand
of Ibrahim Garba of Bani, Fulani camp, Kaiama Local Government Area, Kwara in
Federal Correctional Service for allegedly killing fellow herder with a
machete.
The Magistrate, Mrs. Zainab Usman, gave the order as the accused
person faced a count charge of culpable homicide.
Usman adjourned the case until Dec. 24, for further mention.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp. Al-Hassan Jibrin, told the court that
on Sept. 16, the case was transferred from Divisional Police Headquarters,
Bani, Kwara to the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Ilorin,
for discrete investigation.
Jibrin said that on Oct. 29, Abubakar Mohammed of Bani, Fulani camp,
Kwara reported that on the same date some Fulani boys fought each other in a
Beer Parlor, situated at Bani, Kara market.
He said that during the fight, the accused person used a machete and
attacked Shehu Mohammed on his neck, which eventually resulted in his death.
The prosecutor said that the accused person also attacked Abubakar
Ahmed with a machete, while Ahmed, in turn, defended himself with a bottle
before escaping from being killed by the accused.
Jibrin said that discreet investigation conducted led to the arrest of
the accused person, who was identified by Ahmed to be the one who attacked him
at the bear parlor.
He said that during the investigation, the accused person admitted to
have taken alcoholic drink before going to the beer parlor, and a fight ensued
between him and Abu, now at large.
The prosecutor said that during the fight, Abu attacked the accused
person with bottle which caused few of his teeth to remove in the process.
Jibrin said that the accused person admitted to have attacked the
deceased, Mohammed with machete on his neck, thinking it was Abu, and the
attack led to Mohammed’s death.
He said that the offence was contrary to section 221 of the penal
code.
The accused person pleaded not guilty to the charge.