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Court remands Chinese for killing ex-lover, Reps fume.

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A Kano State Chief Magistrate’s Court has remanded a 47-year-old Chinese, Geng Quanrong, who was accused of killing his ex-lover, Ummukulthum Buhari, aka Ummita, in the state. Quanrong was arraigned by the Kano State Police Command on Wednesday for allegedly killing Buhari, a 23-year-old graduate of Agriculture Science from the Kampala University, Uganda. A senior state counsel, K. A. Hashim, who appeared for the prosecution, sought the remand of the defendant in the correctional centre pending the issuance of legal advice from the Office of the Attorney-General of Kano State. The chief magistrate, Hanif Yusuf, granted the request and adjourned the case till October 13. Recall that the Chinese followed late Buhari to her family house in Kano, forced himself into her room and stabbed her to death on Saturday. Meanwhile, the House of Representatives, on Wednesday, condemned the murder of Buhari and resolved to investigate the killing. This was based on a motion of urgent public importanc...