Tag: Adamawa State

A 42-year-old farmer, Clement Tumba, has been arraigned before a Yola High Court, in Adamawa State, for allegedly killing his mother. It was gathered that the incident followed a dispute over proceeds from the family land. Tumba, father of five, who hails from Dilchim community in the Michika local government area, allegedly ended the life of his aged mother, Regina Daniel, with a rope. The accused told the court, presided over by Justice Helen Tumba, that he acted under provocation. He said he was angry when his mother advised him…

..Children’s paternity in doubt Two pastors of different church congregations in Adamawa State who alleged to have been committing adultery for years have been identified and are now being interrogated by the Police. A male pastor of a Yola-based church, Ebenezer Otinjele and a female pastor of a church in Girei, near Yola, Juliana Daniel were arrested on charges of adultery, causing abortion, criminal trespass and threat to life. The affair came to light after the female pastor’s husband reported the matter to the Police, alleging that the two pastors…

A middle-aged man, Bappa Alti, of Ganji village in Gombi local government area, Adamawa State, has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing own son, Buba Bappa, for money ritual. The State High Court VII, presided over by Justice Fatima Ahmed Tafida, on Wednesday convicted Bappa for causing the death of his son by hitting him with a rearing stick and thereafter chopping off his head with a cutlass. It was learnt that the convict was tricked by some suspected ritualists (now at large) to kill his own son…