One Nuhu Pius has been sentenced to 21 years in prison over the murder of another man.
Pius was convicted and sentenced by the Adamawa State High Court on Wednesday after he was found guilty by the trial court.
The convict, was found guilty of killing one Gabriel Solomon, while Gabriel was trying to separate a fight between Nuhu and a neighbour.
The convict was found guilty on a one-count charge of culpable homicide and sentenced by Justice Maxwell Pukuma on Wednesday.
The incident happened at a tea joint in Trigali village, Ganye LGA of the north east state, according to the prosecution.
The prosecution had earlier told the court that Nuhu Pius, 32, had, on December 7, 2019, 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.
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 on April 14, leading to four witnesses being called.
Reacting to the judgement, the defence counsel, Obidah, said he would consult Pius to see whether they would head to the Court of Appeal.
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