A Kano State High Court, on Wednesday, ordered that a woman, identified as Saratu Ya’u, be taken for psychiatric test for allegedly slaughtering her five-year-old son, Buhari Abubakar.
Saratu, a 27-year-old woman, was said to have committed the offence on June 12, 2018, at Sabon Birni Village, in the Gwarzo Local Government Area of Kano State.
The Presiding Judge, Ibrahim Karaye, adjourned the case till October 8, to receive the medical report from the psychialtric hospital.
The Prosecution Counsel, Lamido Sorondinki, said Saratu was facing a one-count charge of culpable homicide, alleging that, sometimes on June 12, 2018, at about 8:25am, she slaughtered her five-year-old son with a sharp knife, which led to his death.
In accordance with Section 280 subsection 1,2,3, and 4 of the Criminal Justice Law 2019, Sorondinki had urged the court to send the defendant to a psychiatric hospital for medical evaluation.
The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge.
The presiding judge ordered that the result of the psychiatric test be brought before the court at the next hearing.
