NIGERIA: BUTCHER TO HANG FOR KILLING FRIEND OVER N700

presiding judge Abdullahi Sanya Yerima of the Maiduguri High Court in Nigeria sentenced Abubakar Kabiru, a 22 year old butcher from the Loncon Cinci area of Maiduguri, to death by hanging for killing his friend Lawali Zaraye. Kabiru allegedly stabbed Zaraye in the back during a fight over N700 on October 25, 2006.