A magistrate’s court in Kano state has ordered the remand of Geng Quanrong, a Chinese national, over the murder of Ummukulsum Buhari, who is alleged to be his lover.
According to the police, 22-year-old Buhari was stabbed multiple times by 47-year-old Quanrong in her residence at Janbulo quarters, Kumbotso LGA of Kano.
She was confirmed dead on arrival at the Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital Kano.
The accused was brought before the court on Wednesday for arraignment on the charge of culpable homicide.
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However, Hanif Ciroma, the presiding magistrate, held that the court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the case.
Khalifa Hashim, police counsel, thereafter appealed to the court to return the accused to the custodial facility since it had no jurisdiction, pending legal advice from the Kano state ministry of justice.
Consequently, the magistrate remanded the suspect in Kurmawa Medium Security Custodial Centre until October 13 pending when he would be arraigned before a court of competent jurisdiction.
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