Justice Daniel Longji of the Plateau state High Court in Jos,
has sentenced a 24-year-old man, Godwin Banchir, to death by hanging,
for beating his 65-years-old mother to death just because she failed to
respond to his greetings. Bachir was first arraigned on June 6th 2016
and charged with culpable homicide, contrary to Section 221 of the Penal
Code punishable with death upon conviction. He is was said to have
committed the crime on Jan. 21st 2016, when he used a stick to beat his
mother to death. Banchir in his confessional statement said that he
returned from the farm on the said date and found his mother sitting in
the compound and when he greeted her, she ignored him. He said that
infuriated him and he picked a stick and hit her. “I got angry when she
did not respond to my greetings, so I picked the stick of an axe and hit
her around her ribs. “She fell down and started shouting, which
attracted our neighbours who came to beat me up and later took me to the
police station. “I have been having misunderstandings with my mother
each time I return from the farm, she doesn’t cook for me on time, and
she always quarrels with me whenever I want to bathe with the water she
fetched from the stream. Her actions always annoyed me, I did not know
that she was going to die from the beating she received from
me.”Delivering judgement, Justice Longji said “Going by the findings of
this court, you Godwin Banchir, mercilessly took the life of your
mother, Mrs Saratu Banchir, in cold blood. This sentence is mandatory,
as the law states that any person convicted of murder shall be punished
with death by hanging. The sentence of this court upon you is that you,
Godwin Banchir, will be hanged until you are dead, may God have mercy on
your soul,’A 24-year-old man, Godwin Banchir, who beat his 65-years-old
mother to death for not responding to his greetings, was, yesterday
sentenced to death by hanging by Plateau High Court, sitting in Jos.Read
more at: https://ift.tt/2SgkQun 24-year-old man, Godwin Banchir, who
beat his 65-years-old mother to death for not responding to his
greetings, was, yesterday sentenced to death by hanging by Plateau High
Court, sitting in Jos. Shocking: Boy makes love with dead mother’s
corpse in Edo NAN: Man to die by handing for murder NAN: Man to die by
handing for murder Justice Daniel Longji, handed down the sentence as he
found Banchir guilty of killing his biological mother. Delivering the
judgment, Longji said: “Going by the findings of this court, you Godwin
Banchir, mercilessly took the life of your mother, Mrs Saratu Banchir,
in cold blood. “This sentence is mandatory, as the law states that any
person convicted of murder shall be punished with death by hanging. “The
sentence of this court upon you is that you, Godwin Banchir, will be
hanged until you are dead, may God have mercy on your soul,’’ he said.
It was gathered that the convict was first arraigned on June 6, 2016,
charged with culpable homicide, contrary to Section 221 of the Penal
Code punishable with death upon conviction. The convict was said to have
committed the crime on Jan. 21, 2016, when he used a stick to beat his
mother to death. Banchir in his confessional statement said that he
returned from the farm on the said date and found his mother sitting in
the compound and when he greeted her, she ignored him. He said that
infuriated him and he picked a stick and hit her. In his words: “I got
angry when she did not respond to my greetings, so I picked the stick of
an axe and hit her around her ribs. “She fell down and started
shouting, which attracted our neighbours who came to beat me up and
later took me to the police station. “I have been having
misunderstandings with my mother each time I return from the farm, she
doesn’t cook for me on time, and she always quarrels with me whenever I
want to bathe with the water she fetched from the stream. “Her actions
always annoyed me, I did not know that she was going to die from the
beating she received from me.”Read more at: https://ift.tt/2SgkQun
24-year-old man, Godwin Banchir, who beat his 65-years-old mother to
death for not responding to his greetings, was, yesterday sentenced to
death by hanging by Plateau High Court, sitting in Jos. Shocking: Boy
makes love with dead mother’s corpse in Edo NAN: Man to die by handing
for murder NAN: Man to die by handing for murder Justice Daniel Longji,
handed down the sentence as he found Banchir guilty of killing his
biological mother. Delivering the judgment, Longji said: “Going by the
findings of this court, you Godwin Banchir, mercilessly took the life of
your mother, Mrs Saratu Banchir, in cold blood. “This sentence is
mandatory, as the law states that any person convicted of murder shall
be punished with death by hanging. “The sentence of this court upon you
is that you, Godwin Banchir, will be hanged until you are dead, may God
have mercy on your soul,’’ he said. It was gathered that the convict was
first arraigned on June 6, 2016, charged with culpable homicide,
contrary to Section 221 of the Penal Code punishable with death upon
conviction. The convict was said to have committed the crime on Jan. 21,
2016, when he used a stick to beat his mother to death. Banchir in his
confessional statement said that he returned from the farm on the said
date and found his mother sitting in the compound and when he greeted
her, she ignored him. He said that infuriated him and he picked a stick
and hit her. In his words: “I got angry when she did not respond to my
greetings, so I picked the stick of an axe and hit her around her ribs.
“She fell down and started shouting, which attracted our neighbours who
came to beat me up and later took me to the police station. “I have been
having misunderstandings with my mother each time I return from the
farm, she doesn’t cook for me on time, and she always quarrels with me
whenever I want to bathe with the water she fetched from the stream.
“Her actions always annoyed me, I did not know that she was going to die
from the beating she received from me.”Read more at:
https://ift.tt/2SgkQun 24-year-old man, Godwin Banchir, who beat his
65-years-old mother to death for not responding to his greetings, was,
yesterday sentenced to death by hanging by Plateau High Court, sitting
in Jos. Shocking: Boy makes love with dead mother’s corpse in Edo NAN:
Man to die by handing for murder NAN: Man to die by handing for murder
Justice Daniel Longji, handed down the sentence as he found Banchir
guilty of killing his biological mother. Delivering the judgment, Longji
said: “Going by the findings of this court, you Godwin Banchir,
mercilessly took the life of your mother, Mrs Saratu Banchir, in cold
blood. “This sentence is mandatory, as the law states that any person
convicted of murder shall be punished with death by hanging. “The
sentence of this court upon you is that you, Godwin Banchir, will be
hanged until you are dead, may God have mercy on your soul,’’ he said.
It was gathered that the convict was first arraigned on June 6, 2016,
charged with culpable homicide, contrary to Section 221 of the Penal
Code punishable with death upon conviction. The convict was said to have
committed the crime on Jan. 21, 2016, when he used a stick to beat his
mother to death. Banchir in his confessional statement said that he
returned from the farm on the said date and found his mother sitting in
the compound and when he greeted her, she ignored him. He said that
infuriated him and he picked a stick and hit her. In his words: “I got
angry when she did not respond to my greetings, so I picked the stick of
an axe and hit her around her ribs. “She fell down and started
shouting, which attracted our neighbours who came to beat me up and
later took me to the police station. “I have been having
misunderstandings with my mother each time I return from the farm, she
doesn’t cook for me on time, and she always quarrels with me whenever I
want to bathe with the water she fetched from the stream. “Her actions
always annoyed me, I did not know that she was going to die from the
beating she received from me.”