Adamawa court remands man for allegedly striking nephew to death over theft of herbicides

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A Chief Magistrate Court successful Adamawa State has remanded a 49-year-old man, Hamman Saidu of Pella Ward successful Hong Local Government Area, for allegedly beating a nephew of his to decease implicit theft of herbicides.
The Chief Magistrate Court 2 sitting successful Yola ordered the remand of Saidu for sidesplitting the Nephew, identified arsenic Mark Bibulyi, aft neighbours fingered him for the theft.

Presided implicit by Magistrate Dorcas Mavah, the tribunal remanded Saidu and adjourned the lawsuit to the 24th June, 2026, to alteration the prosecution transmit the lawsuit diary to the authorities Department of Public Prosecution for ineligible advice.

The Police Prosecutor, ASP Ezra Bulus, who arraigned the defendant, had earlier told the tribunal that the deceased, according to witnesser accounts, went into the residence of the suspect earlier this month, connected June 2, and took immoderate packs of herbicides.

The authoritative said the deceased was held by neigbours who informed the suspect astir the incident.

He added that upon his arrival, the suspect struck the deceased with a stick, inflicting the caput wounded that became fatal.

The bid to detain the suspect was fixed aft helium pleaded blameworthy to his enactment arsenic work and interpretated to him from the First Information Report made to the court.

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