Poly Student Bags 12 Year Jail Term For Attempted Murder

One Luka Shuaibu, has bagged a 12 year jail term after he was found guilty by a magistrates’ court in Yola for attempting to slit the throat of his girlfriend, Salkida Ishaya.



Shuaibu, a student of Tourism and Leisure Management Department, Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola, was on Wednesday sentenced by Chief Magistrate Shehu Ahmad after the court found him guilty of the two count charges of attempt to commit culpable homicides and causing grievous hurt to his lover.

The presiding magistrate said hinged the sentence on the testimonies of witnesses and the admission of guilt by the convict.

The magistrate however noted that the parties involved in the case could appeal if they were not satisfied with the judgement.

Shuaibu was said to have attempted to slit the throat of Miss Sakilda Ishaya his girlfriend, last year 2016 for alleged distrust.