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Court sentences man to death for killing father

A High Court sitting in Lokoja has sentenced a 24-year-old man, Dahiru Yusuf Abbah, to death by hanging for killing his father, Dahiru Yusuf, in the Sarkin-Noma area of Lokoja. Delivering judgement on Monday, the presiding judge, Justice M.M. Gwatana, found the defendant guilty of culpable homicide punishable with death under Section 221 of the Kogi […]

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