Kwara court sentences man to five years imprisonment for slitting neighbour’s throat

A Kwara State High Court has sentenced a man, Abdullateef Yakubu, to five years imprisonment for attempted culpable homicide and causing grievous hurt.

Justice I. Olawoyin handed down the sentence after finding the defendant guilty of using a knife to slit the throat of his neighbour, Abubakar Babatunde at Shao Garage area of Ilorin, the state capital, on December 26, 2023. 

The prosecution, led by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Senior Ibrahim Sulyman Esq., presented four witnesses, including the victim, to testify against the defendant.

The defendant also had the opportunity to testify on his own behalf and called his father as a witness in his defence.

After reviewing the evidence presented by both parties, Justice Olawoyin found the defendant guilty as charged.

The defendant was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for the offence of attempted culpable homicide and three years’ imprisonment with a fine of N50,000 for causing grievous hurt.

Both sentences are to run concurrently; hence, the defendant will serve a total of five years in prison.

In a chat with journalists after the court proceedings, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice asserted that the prosecution ensured that justice was served in the matter.

He said that the conviction and sentence underscored the judiciary’s commitment to holding perpetrators of violent crimes accountable for their actions.