Nuhu Pius, a 32 year old man has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for killing.
He was sentenced on Wednesday by Justice Maxwell Pukuma of Adamawa State High Court.
In a report by Daily Post Newspaper, Nuhu Pius, the convict, was found guilty of killing Gabriel Solomon.
Gabriel had attempted to break up a fight between Nuhu and a neighbour.
The convict was found guilty on a one-count charge of culpable homicide.
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The prosecution had earlier told the court that Nuhu Pius, 32, had, on December 7, 2019, at a tea joint in Trigali village, Ganye Local Government Area, caused Gabriel Solomon’s death by stabbing him with a knife.
Solomon accidentally hit Pius with a stick when he was trying to stop the fight between him and Wari, the prosecution explained.
Pius, reacting violently, stabbed Solomon in the chest with a knife, causing him to bleed to death.
The convict’s counsel, Oliver Obidah, had pleaded for leniency, pointing out that he was a first-time offender, the newspaper had reported.
While delivering his judgement, Justice Pukuma held that the prosecution proved its case against Nuhu Pius as provided by law and therefore found him guilty as charged.
He ordered the sentence to start running from the day of the convict’s remand.
Pius pleaded not guilty last year April, leading to four witnesses being called.
Reacting to the judgement, the defence counsel, Obidah, said he will consult Pius to see whether they may head to the Court of Appeal.
