5 Christians Sentenced To Death For Killing Herdsman Who Killed 48 People In Yola

A Yola High Court presided over by one Justice Abdul-Azeez Waziri, has sentenced five christian men to death
for allegedly killing a Fulani herdsman and for culpable homicide.

The names of the men sentenced to death are Jerry Gideon, Holy Boniface, Alex Amos, Alheri Phanuel and Jari Sabagi of Demsa Local Government Area of Adamawa State.

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Investigations revealed that the five Christians had attacked late Adamu Buba who was one of the ring leaders that attacked their village in 2016 and killed 48 persons.

As part of their reprisals against Fulani herdsmen who had burnt down their village of Kodamun in which the 48 persons were killed, they mobilised and chased Buba to a nearby river and he fell into the river and drowned as he could not swim.

Waziri ruled his sentence, saying they were found guilty of criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide which contravened Section 96 (1) (a) and Sections 79 and 221 (b) of the Penal Code of Laws of Adamawa State, 1997.

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The convicts were said to have on June 1, 2017 at Kodamun village in Demsa local Government Area willfully and intentionally conspired and attacked three herdsmen rearing cattle, killing one of them, Adamu Buba, whose body they allegedly threw into a river and also maimed several cows.

Here’s what the said Justice ruled;
“I hereby sentence the accused persons on counts one and two to death by hanging, while on counts four and five, I sentence the accused to three years in prison to run concurrently.

“Any aggrieved party is at liberty to file an appeal to the Court of Appeal, Yola Judicial Division within 90 days from today.”