A 10-year-old boy has been found guilty of the offence of culpable homicide in Gumel Local Government Area.

The Jigawa State High Court sitting in Gumel, presided by Honourable Justice A. M. Sambo, the court said the offence is contrary to Section 221(b) of the Penal Code Law of Jigawa State.

The prosecution led evidence and established the fact that the defendant took his 3-year-old nephew (name withheld) from his grandmother’s house to his mother’s home.

He said on their way, the defendant kept his nephew under a tree to fetch some grasses in a nearby bush, but the deceased started crying which upset the defendant. He, therefore, strangled the deceased until he died.

The defendant subsequently dug a shallow grave and....https://sleekgist.com/why-i-strangled-my-3-years-cousin-to-death-in-the-bush-10-yrs-old-boy-in-jigawa/

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