Ex-Student Sentenced to Death by Hanging for Killing Plateau Teacher

A High Court sitting in Jos has sentenced a former student of Government Technical College, Bukuru, Emmanuel Ude, to death by hanging for the 2021 murder of his teacher, Mr. Job Dashe.

Delivering judgment on Monday, Justice Silas Bakfur found Ude guilty of culpable homicide punishable by death under Sections 221 and 222 of the Plateau State Penal Code.

The incident occurred in July 2021 when Mr. Dashe, who was serving as the Duty Master, confronted Ude for allegedly breaching the school’s dining hall rules. According to court records, the teacher had demanded that Ude open his food flask for inspection, suspecting he had obtained food improperly. Ude refused the request and walked away.

Moments later, Ude returned from the dormitory with a knife and stabbed the teacher in the chest before fleeing the scene. Mr. Dashe was rushed to a nearby hospital along Vom Road, where he was later confirmed dead.

Following a police investigation, Ude was arrested and reportedly confessed to the crime in a statement made at the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which was tendered as evidence during the trial.

The prosecution, led by state counsel Nansil Mbah and Solomon Deme from the Plateau State Ministry of Justice, argued that the killing was deliberate and premeditated. The defense counsel, Josil Drinkat, pleaded for leniency, citing the defendant’s remorse and young age at the time of the offence.

However, in his ruling, Justice Bakfur stated that the court’s hands were tied by the law.

“The prosecution has proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. The hands of the court are tied; I can only do what the law prescribes in such a situation,” he said.

Ude was convicted and sentenced to death by hanging until certified dead.

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