A twenty seven years old man has been ordered to be remanded in correctional Custody for allegedly killing his biological mother
Richard Daniel, a resident of Guna village in Gurara Local Government Area of Niger,was remanded on the order of the Minna Chief Magistrate Murtala Bala Ibrahim after his plea was taken
Although the Chief Magistrate only took the plea of the defendant after the case was mentioned in his court as a capital offence of culpable homicide punishable under section 221 of the Niger State penal code law he will be charged in the High Court for proper prosecution.
Richard Daniel was arraigned in Court on the Police First Information Report (FIR) marked MN/CMC/CR/77/2025 on count charge which bothered on culpable homicide punishable under section 221 of the Niger State penal code law.
According to the Police Prosecutor Inspector Aliyu Yakub Kuta,the Police on the 15th November,2025 received reliable information that on the same date “at about one o'clock in the afternoon you Richard Daniel beat your Mother Naomi Daniel now deceased to death with your hands over mere argument.
“ Police detectives swung into action and arrested you Richard Daniel. During Police investigation you confessed to the crime”
When the charge was read to the defendant by the presiding Chief Magistrate, Murtala Bala Ibrahim, he pleaded guilty to the one count charges.
However,the Chief Magistrate entered not guilty plea for the defendant because of the capital nature of the offence which is culpable homicide punishable under section 221 of the Niger State penal code law which attracts death penalty upon conviction.
“ This Court has no jurisdiction to try this case. I'm just holding a pre-trial into the case pending when you will be arraigned before the High Court where your full trial will commence” Chief Magistrate Murtala Bala Ibrahim told the defendant.
At this point the Police Prosecutor Inspector Aliyu Yakub Kuta apply for a date for the transmission of the case file to be forwarded to the office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) in the office of the Attorney General in the Ministry of Justice for legal advice.
The case is then adjourned to 22nd January, 2026 for further mention while the defendant is to be remanded in Minna old correctional center.
