KATSINA: Herdsman to be arraigned in court over murder of farmers

A Katsina Senior Magistrates’ Court which will be presided over by Hajiya Fadila Dikko awaits the trial of a 35-year-old herdsman who killed a farmer identified as Sada Salisu.

Reports say the case involving the suspect identified as Ibrahim Ilu, an indigene of Malami village in the Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State, will come up for mention on March 27, 2019.

The suspect who is being remanded in the Katsina Prison custody is currently facing charges of culpable homicide and unlawful possession of a prohibited firearm.

The police are relying on sections 221 of the Penal Code Law and 3(1) of the Robbery and Firearms Act, LFN, 2004, to prosecute the suspect.

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Ilu allegedly committed the crime on the 14th of November, 2017, when he invaded the victim’s farm and allegedly grazed his herd of cattle on the farm.

Salisu who was enraged by the damage caused by the cattle which destroyed the beans and guinea corn he planted on the farm confronted the herdsman who shot the farmer with an AK-47 rifle with number NH 9634.

The victim was reportedly rushed to a hospital where he was confirmed dead on arrival setting police operatives on the trail of the suspect who was later arrested on February 1, 2019, at the Dayi Market in the Malumfashi Local Government Area of the state.

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