Kano State Government on Thursday re-arraigned a Chinese national, Frank Geng-Quangrong, 47, before a Kano High Court for alleged murder of his girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani, 22.
Geng-Quangrong who lives at Railway Quarters Kano, is facing a one count charge of culpable homicide.
At the re- arraignment, the Prosecutor, who is also the Attorney General of Kano State, Barrister Musa Abdullahi-Lawan, presented Mr Guo Cumru, from Chinese Embassy to interpret english to chinese language to the defendant.
He told the court that the defendant committed the offence on September 16, at Janbulo Quarters , Gwale Local government area of Kano.
The prosecutor alleged that on the same date at about 9:00 p.m, the defendant stabbed his girlfriend Ummukulsum on different parts of her body with knife in her house at Janbulo quarters Kano for unconfirmed reasons.
Abdullahi-Lawan said that the offence contravened the provision of section 221(b) of the penal code.
But the defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Responding the Defence Counsel, Mr Muhammad Dan’azumi, objected that in a criminal case there is no procedure of watching brief.
Presiding judge Justice Sanusi Ado-Ma’aji, ordered the remand of the defendant in a correctional centre.
He adjourned the matter until 16th of November for hearing.
It could be recalled that the defendant was first charged before a Chief Magistrate’s court as the state counsel raised an objection insisting that the lower court lacked jurisdiction.
Abdullahi Jalaluddeen
