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 delivered the sentence after finding Yakubu guilty of slitting the throat of his neighbour, Abubakar Babatunde, with a knife at Shao Garage in Ilorin, the state capital, on December 26, 2023.

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

Yakubu also testified in his own defence and called his father as a witness.

After reviewing the evidence from both sides, Justice Olawoyin convicted him 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.