A Yobe state magistrate court has sentenced Luka Shuaibu pictured
right, a student of the department of leisure and tourism, Adamawa state
polytechnic, Yola, to 12 years in jail, for attempting to murder his
ex-girlfriend, Ishaya, a diploma 2 student of the same department, over
fears that she was about to dump him for a richer man.
The attack happened on November 9th within the school premises. Luka saw
Ishaya, his girlfriend of two years, alighting from the car of another
man. He ambushed her by her hostel, beat her up and then slit her throat
with a knife.
The police was alerted and he was arrested. The state police command
last wednesday, January 4th, yesterday arraigned him before Shehu Ahmad,
the Chief Magistrate of the Yola Magistrate Court, who after listening
to the testimonies of several witnesses brought in by the police, found
Luka guilty of an attempt to commit culpable homicide and causing
grievous bodily hurt to Ishaya.
He was sentenced to 12 years in jail without an option of fine.
Photo credit: Northern City
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