NIGERIA: MAN, 28, TO DIE FOR KILLING WIFE, 14, OVER SEX
presiding judge Justice Abdullahi Sanya Yerima of the Maiduguri High Court in Nigeria sentenced Abubakar Goni, 28, to death by hanging for killing his 14-year old wife, Amsa Usman Abdu, for refusing him sex. He allegedly stabbed her with a kitchen knife o
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presiding judge Justice Abdullahi Sanya Yerima of the Maiduguri High Court in Nigeria sentenced Abubakar Goni, 28, to death by hanging for killing his 14-year old wife, Amsa Usman Abdu, for refusing him sex. He allegedly stabbed her with a kitchen knife on October 22, 2003.
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- (Sources: AllAfrica.com, 16/06/2010)
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