Kaduna High Court, yesterday, ordered that a 34-year-old man, Garba Salisu, be remanded in a correctional facility over alleged culpable homicide.
The defendant is standing trial on a two-count charge of alleged conspiracy and culpable homicide.
Justice Hanatu Balogun, who gave the order, adjourned the case until February 19 for hearing.
Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Rabiu Mohammed, told the court that the alleged offence was committed in December 2024.
Mohammed alleged that the defendant and others at large, on the said date, conspired and killed Musa Yusuf of Badiko in Kaduna during a fight.
He alleged that the defendant and others inflicted grievous injuries on Yusuf’s body with an axe and a cutlass.
Mohammed said Yusuf was rushed to the hospital, where he died from the injuries sustained while receiving treatment.
The offence, he said, contravened the
Penal Code of Kaduna State, 2017.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. NAN
