By Emegwoako C. Paschal
On Thursday, October 27th, the Kano State Government re-arrested a Chinese national, Frank Geng-Quangrong, 47, before a Kano State High Court for the alleged murder of his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani, 22.
Frank, a resident of Railway Quarters Kano, has been charged with culpable homicide.
On Tuesday, Oct. 4, the court ordered the Kano government to provide an interpreter for the defendant.
When the case was re-arraigned, the Prosecutor, Musa Abdullahi-Lawan, who is also the Attorney General of Kano State, presented Mr Guo Cumru from the Chinese Embassy to interpret English in the Chinese language to the defendant.
He told the court that the defendant committed the crime on September 16 in Kano’s Janbulo Quarters Gwale Local Government Area.
The prosecutor claimed that on the same date, around 9 p.m., the defendant stabbed Sani with a knife in her Janbulo quarters Kano house for unspecified reasons.
“We are prepared and intend to present five witnesses; we do not want to waste time because the interpreter is from Abuja,” he said.
The defendant, on the other hand, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
According to Abdullahi-Lawan, the offense violated Section 221(b) of the Penal Code.
Mr Muhammad Umar represented the nominal complainant.
Responding, Defence Counsel Mr Muhammad Dan’azumi earlier objected that there is no procedure for holding a brief in a criminal case.
Justice Sanusi Ado-Ma’aji remanded the defendant to a correctional facility.
In order to allow for a hearing, he postponed the matter until November 16–18, Wednesday–Friday.
