Saturday, June 20, 2026 - An Abuja High Court on Thursday sentenced a 27-year-old mother of three, Immaculate Chukwudi to 10 years imprisonment for st@bbing and causing the d3ath of her neighbour, Salamatu Yunusa.
The FCT Commissioner of Police charged Chukwudi with
culpable homicide.
Delivering judgment, Justice Idris Mohammed, held that
Chukwudi caused the d3ath of Yunusa.
The judge cited the provisions of Section 225 of the Penal
Code, which states: “whosoever causes the death of a person by doing an act not
amounting to culpable homicide but done with the intention of causing hurt or
grievous hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend
to fourteen years or with fine or with both.
Earlier, the Defence Counsel, O.Oluwakemi told the court
that the convict had no past criminal record before the court and was a young
woman with the capacity of rehabilitation.
Oluwakemi added that Chukwudi was a mother of three young
children who depend on her for survival and care, urging the court to temper
justice with mercy.
Mohammed however sentenced the convict to 10 years
imprisonment which starts from the day she was arraigned in May, 2024.
The Prosecution Counsel, Adama Musa told the court that
Chukwudi caused the d3ath of her 18-year-old neighbour, Yunusa, by st@bbing her
in the chest with a knife.
Musa said that Chukwudi’s action caused Yinusa severe bodily
injury which eventually led to her d3ath on March 12, 2024 in, Kubwa,
Abuja.
He added that Chukwudi did same with the knowledge that d3ath
would be the probable and not only a likely consequence of her act.
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