Kano-based Chinese man Geng Quanrong, suspected of killing his girlfriend Ummukulthum Buhari (Ummita) has been remanded in a correctional centre.
Chief Magistrate Hanif Sanusi-Chiroma in Kano, on Wednesday, gave the order as the suspect appeared before him.
The police charged Geng, who lives in Nassarawa GRA Quarters Kano, with culpable homicide.
Chief Magistrate Sanusi-Chiroma, who did take the plea of Geng, directed that he should be remanded in Kurmawa Correctional Centre, pending legal advice.
Sanusi-Chiroma adjourned the matter until Oct.13, for further mention.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Mr Khalifa Auwal-Hashim, said that Geng committed the offence on Sept.16, at Janbulo Quarters in Kano.
He alleged that on the same day at about 9.30 p.m, Geng attacked Sani with a knife after a misunderstanding.
The police said that Sani was rushed to the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital in Kano were she was pronounced dead by a medical doctor”
Auwal-Hashim in his prayer urged the court to seek legal advice because the matter was a capital offence and the court lacked jurisdiction to entertain it.
The offence, he said, contravenes the provisions of Section 221 of the Penal Code.
