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       I Killed My Father For Interfering In My Marriage, Says Bauchi M
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       By: Dmill Date: August 2, 2018, 7:46 pm
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       The Bauchi State Ministry of Justice has arraigned a man, Umaru
       Jauro, before the state High Court for allegedly killing his
       father in a mosque in Maltawa village in the Misau Local
       Government Area of the state.
       The court was presided over by Justice Aliyu Usman.
       The chief state counsel, Hussein Magaji, while arraigning the
       suspect on Thursday, told the court that the accused went into a
       mosque and attacked his father with a cutlass on his head and
       back.
       He added that as a result, the victim sustained serious injuries
       and was rushed to the General Hospital, Misau where he died the
       next day. This, he said, was contrary to section 221 of the
       Penal Code.
       Magaji said he intended to bring 10 witnesses whose statements
       were recorded by the police during investigation
       A sibling of the deceased, Umar Jatau, 70, and the accused’s
       brother, Ibrahim Muhammadu Jauro, 26, stated that the suspect
       had a problem with them and their late father.
       The witnesses told the court that the deceased shared his farm
       in the village among his children, adding that the accused
       disappeared for 10 months shortly after that.
       They added that Umaru suddenly appeared and came into the mosque
       while they were praying and stabbed their father on his head and
       back causing him to fall down.
       The witnesses added that the youths in the area pursued and
       arrested the accused and then handed him over to the police.
       The suspect, a father of three, in his statement to the police,
       said he killed his father because he separated him and his wife
       when he travelled out on vacation.
       He further claimed that his father turned his two brothers
       against him saying, “We are not like we were before our father
       gave each one of us his farm.”
       Umaru admitted that when he returned home, he took a machete and
       entered the mosque where his father was praying and stabbed him
       on his head and back.
       “He fell down and I ran away but the youths pursued me and
       arrested me. They beat me mercilessly and injured my right
       fingers,” he said.
       In his statement to the police, the accused said his brothers
       sent him away because he stole; adding that he once stole a ram
       from a neighbouring village.
       The presiding judge asked him if he understood the charges made
       against him and he answered in the affirmative and pleaded not
       guilty.
       Justice Usman adjourned the suit till August 13, 2018 for
       hearing.
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