A national of China who murdered his Nigerian lover has been sentenced to death.
- By Kamil Opeyemi
Justice Sanusi Ado Ma’aji of Kano state High Court who handed down the death sentence found Quandong Geng guilty of killing his girlfriend, Ummulkusum Sani Buhari Ummita.
Geng had reportedly committed the offence when invaded the residence of Ummita in September 2022 and stabbed her to death during an argument.
He was said to have fled the scene but was later arrested by the police and arraigned.
Geng had told the court during trial that Ummita broke his heart by getting married to another person as he had plans of settling down with her.
Geng added that when they started preparation for their wedding, he bought her wedding dresses worth N1.5 million, sweets and other dresses they will wear on their wedding day and ‘Asoebi’ for her friends and N700,000 new notes for spraying on the wedding day.
“I went to Sokoto to see her family members where I spent N700,000.
“On the 13th September 2022, she requested some money to be used in the house she is building in Abuja but I didn’t give her because I don’t have money then.
“Since then, she stopped answering my calls because she thought I am broke.
He accused Ummita of deceiving him by getting married to another person.
He said apart from that, she continued to request for money from him and there was a time she came to Kano, and she made sure that they met.
He had said, “Besides huge amounts of money I used to spend on her, I used to take her out to places like Bristol Palace and Central Hotel to eat food.
“I bought her house worth N4 million, a car worth N10 million. N18 million as capital to start business, and spent N500,000 worth of bags and shoes on her new shop and N1 million worth of laces and wrappers and a house in Abuja which she started building.”
He added that he bought her gold wears worth N5 million, N6 million to go and process her certificate at Sokoto University and N1 million to install the solar system in their house.