A 47-year-old Chinese national, Frank Geng-Quangrong, has told a Kano State High Court that he had no intention to kill his deceased girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani, even though he stabbed her with a knife.
The accused appeared before the court on Thursday over the murder of his 22-year-old Nigerian girlfriend.
The resident of Railway quarters, Kano State, arrived in Nigeria in 2019 to work as a marketing and sales manager at the BBY Textile Company in Kano where he earned N1.5m monthly.
Geng-Quangrong, who is standing trial for culpable homicide, told the court that a lot transpired between him and his lover on the day she died.
He told the court that on that fateful day, Sani pushed him onto the bed, and he stabbed her without the intention of killing her.
He stated further, “I escaped from the room through the window because the door was locked from the outside and wanted to take Sani to the hospital but the police promptly arrived and arrested me.”
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Earlier, the Chinese national told the court that his deceased lover injured him on his genitals.
A urologist, Abdullahi Abubakar, was presented to the court as a second witness by the defence counsel, Muhammad Dan’azumi.
The urologist said that he taught at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital for 13 years out of his 30 years of professional practice.
He told the court, “I retired in 2018 but I am still in active practice. In the human body, the testicle is more sensitive because it has sensory nerves when it is pulled, fright, fight and the flight will occur and cause inflammation problems and may cause erectile dysfunction and urinary problems.
“As a result, the blood pressure will drop, there will be a low level of oxygen in the brain and the patient may faint or get shocked, so in order to survive the action, you try to fight the situation.”
The prosecution counsel, Kano State Director, Public Prosecution, Aisha Mahmoud, told the court that the defendant, who pleaded not guilty to the charge, on September 16, 2022, stabbed the deceased with a knife in her house at Janbulo Quarters, Kano.
The offence, she said, contravened the provisions of Section 221(b) of the Penal Code.
Justice Sanusi Ado-Ma’aji, who ordered the defence counsel to furnish the prosecution with their witness list and a medical dictionary, adjourned the matter to April 6, 2023, for cross-examination and continuation of defence.