An Abuja magistrates’ court sitting in Jiwa in the Federal Capital Territory(FCT) Presided over by Justice J.C. Linda has sentenced a man named Mas’ud Yusuf to two years imprisonment without an option of a fine for cutting off his female friend’s finger after seeing her with one of his friends.
Yusuf, who resides at Dei-Dei market, was arraigned before for causing grievous hurt and assault on his female friend contrary to sections 247 and 265 of the Penal Code.
Earlier, the prosecuting counsel, J. N. Atinko, told the court that a woman, Fatima Muhammad Lawal, reported at the “A” police division in Dei-Dei on Saturday, 11 January, 2025 accusing the man of cutting off one of her fingers, and injuring her on another when she tried to protect her neck which the convict had aimed at with a cutlass.
He said based on the woman’s statement, the man took the action out of annoyance after he found her with one of his friends, in a room.
Yusuf admitted committing the crime but begged the court for leniency.
