Justice Sanusi Ado Ma’aji of Kano State High Court, sitting on Miller Road in Bompai, has convicted Quandong Geng, a Chinese man, of murdering his girlfriend, Ummulkusum Sani Buhari (Ummita).
Geng attacked Ummita’s home in September 2022 and stabbed her to death following an argument.
He fled the scene but was apprehended by police and charged.
During cross-examination in court, he stated that Ummita destroyed his heart by marrying another person while he had intentions to settle down with her.
Geng stated that when they began planning their wedding, he purchased her wedding outfits worth N1.5 million, sweets and other dresses they would wear on their wedding day, ‘Asoebi’ for her friends, and N700,000 in new notes to spray on the wedding day.
“I went to Sokoto to see her family members, where I spent N700,000.
“On September 13, 2022, she requested some money to be used in the house she is building in Abuja, but I didn’t give it to her because I didn’t have money then.
“Since then, she stopped answering my calls because she thought I was broke.
He said Ummita deceived him and got married to another person but continued to request money from him, and there was a time when she came to Kano, and she made sure that they met.
He had said, “Besides the huge amounts of money I used to spend on her, I used to take her out to places like Bristol Palace and the Central Hotel to eat food.
“I bought her a house worth N4 million, a car worth N10 million. N18 million as capital to start business, and spent N500,000 worth of bags and shoes on her new shop, N1 million worth of laces and wrappers, and a house in Abuja, which she started building.”
He added that he bought her gold jewellery worth N5 million, N6 million to go and process her certificate at Sokoto University, and N1 million to install the solar system in their house.
On Tuesday, the judge convicted Geng and sentenced him to death.
