A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Minna on Tuesday ordered that a
student, Suleman Ayuba, 19, who pleaded guilty to attempted suicide
by taking rat poison, be remanded in prison, pending
sentencing.
Magistrate Hauwa Yusuf, who gave the order after Ayuba pleaded
guilty, fixed Sept. 16 for sentencing.
Ayuba, who resides in Ungwan Daji, Minna, was charged with
attempted suicide, contrary to the provisions of Section 231 of the
Penal Code Law of Niger State.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, ASP Daniel Ikwoche, told the
court that one Badamosi Abdullahi reported the matter on Aug
23.
Ikwoche said the complainant, a noodles seller, alleged that on
the same day at about 7 p.m., the defendant bought some and poured
a pack of poison in it and ate it.
He said that the defendant became unconscious afterwards and was
taken to the hospital where he was revived.
When the charges were read to him, Ayuba pleaded guilty and
begged the court for leniency.
”I wanted to take my life because life is too hard for me as an
orphan,” he told the court.
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