A high court in Jos, Plateau state, has sentenced three persons to death by hanging over the death of one Joseph Gosum.
According to reports, the defendants, Terry Kefas, Samson James, Emmanuel Jah and Patrick Nyam, all of Gadabiyu village, stabbed Gosum to death during a fight.
The court found the trio guilty of the two count charges brought against them by the Plateau state government.
Presiding judge of the court 3 of the state high court, Jos, Justice Arum Ashom, while delivering the landmark judgement on Thursday, said the court found the trio guilty of culpable homicide.
Justice Arum stated that, “That, you Terry Kefas, Samson James, Emmanuel Jah and Patrick Nyam him December 2015 at Gadabiu in Jos North local government area within Plateau judicial division agreed among yourselves to cause the death of your friend, identified as Joseph Gonsum, by stabbing him to death.
“The offence you committed is punishable under section 97 of the penal code and under section 221 of the penal code, cap 89, law of northern Nigeria, 1963.
“It is the conviction of the court that the prosecution has proven his case beyond reasonable doubt. The efforts of the defence counsel to argue otherwise was not convincing enough,” he added.
The court thereafter found the three defendants guilty of the charges and sentenced them to death by hanging, Daily Trust reports.
Counsel to the plaintiff, Barr. Mantu Ishiaku, who is the deputy director, Civil Rights Reform (CRR), ministry of justice, Plateau state, applauded the court for painstakingly deliver the judgement in accordance to the law.
Meanwhile, counsel to the defendants, Barr. David Adudu, said he would study the judgment, and make necessary move to appeal.
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