[Mhiz Rebecca]

A Yola High Court presided over by Justice Abdul-
Azeez Waziri has sentenced five men to death for
culpable homicide and for killing a Fulani herdsman.
The convicts, Alex Amos, Alheri Phanuel, Holy Boniface,
Jerry Gideon and Jari Sabagi of Demsa Local Government
Area of Adamawa State.
They are facing the hangman because according to
Justice Waziri, 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.
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 threw into a river and also maimed several
cows.
Justice Waziri said the case against the accused persons
had been proved beyond reasonable doubt by the
counsel to the state, Mr. Salihu Mohammed.
Justice Abdul Azeez ruled that, “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.”
Investigation further revealed that the five Christians had
suspectedly attacked late Adamu Buba who was one of
the ring leaders who 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 48
persons were killed mobilised and chased Buba to a
nearby river and he felled into the river but got drowned
as he could not swim.