Chinese businessman sentenced to death in Nigeria
By Mansur Abubakar
A Nigerian court has sentenced a Chinese businessman to death after being found guilty of murdering his girlfriend Ummu Kulthum Sani in 2022.
Frank Geng Quarong was discovered in her room after having stabbed her several times there.
The killing of the 22-year-old university student shocked Nigerians and the case was closely followed.
Death sentences are rarely carried out in Nigeria. Quarong has 90 days to appeal against the verdict.
Speaking on behalf of the family, the victim’s brother, Sadiq Sani, described the sentence of death by hanging handed down by the court in Kano as justice. He said that whoever kills anyone deserved to be killed too.
“We thank God for showing us this day… I pray that my sister’s soul continues to rest in peace,” he told the BBC.
Her family remember the young agriculture undergraduate as kind and jovial.
Quarong, 49, and Ms Sani had been in a relationship since 2020 after having met in a shopping mall, according to Mr Sani.
