Court sentences man to death for killing girlfriend, plucking her eyes for N10 million
Story from Abdulaziz JAURO, Yola
Adamawa State High Court of Justice has convicted and sentenced a man, Abubakar Mohammed, to death by hanging for culpable homicide.
The court presided by Honorable Justice Bulila Ladokiya Ikaro, sentenced the convict after he was tried and found guilty of the culpable homicide as well as being in possession of human parts.
She sentenced him to 21 years imprisonment with N100, 000 option of fine as well as to death by hanging and that the sentences are to run concurrently.
Abubakar, who hails from Jauro Tukur village in Akko Local Government Area, Gombe State relocated to Shagari Phase II, Yola South LGA, Adamawa State in search of greener pastures.
The convict who became a water vendor was in a relationship with one Christiana Augustine, whom he later killed, gauged her eyeballs, cut her breast, and removed her tongue to sell.
The father of seven had come in contact with a man known as Buhari Mohammed, at Sanda junction in Yola South who allegedly hinted to him about a man who had indicated interest to buy eyeballs at the sum of N10 million.
Neptune Prime gathered that Buhari, allegedly assured Abubakar, that if he could get it, he would link him up with the man who could buy it.
Upon hearing the amount of money, the convict thought of where he could get it and finally settled for Christiana, his girlfriend.
He was said to have gone to the deceased’s house on 26th January 2019 at 7:30 pm to see her but was informed that she had gone out.
While returning home, the 38-year-old convict met with Christiana and he asked her to come and meet him somewhere.
A few minutes later, the deceased who had no inkling that death was lurking around the corner, met the convict at the uncompleted building as arranged.
It was gathered that after both of them lay down on the ground, the convict pretended as if he wanted to have sexual intercourse with her but used a knife in his possession and slit her throat and plucked out one of her eyeballs while damaging the other one in the process of removing it.
The following day, the convict took the eyeballs to Buhari but was shocked when the latter chased him away with the eyes.
The convict was trailed and arrested after the lifeless body of Christiana was found in the building the following day; hence, his arraignment and prosecution.
