the defendant in Hausa language, the defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge. Consequent upon the plea of not guilty of the defendant, the case was adjourned for hearing to enable the prosecution call their witnesses in proof of the allegation against the defendant. The charge with which the defendant was arraigned before this court and to which the defendant pleaded not guilty, is hereby reproduced below as follows:“That you Bilal Ibrahim of Kofar Atiku Area, Sokoto on or about 31st March, 2020, at about 1100hrs at Kwamberu junction, Kofar Atiku Area, Sokoto South Local Government Area of Sokoto State within the Sokoto Judicial Division did commit the offence of Culpable Homicide not punishable with death in that as a result of your misunderstanding with one Ahmed Abubakar (now deceased) you stabbed him with a knife on his stomach and the back of his body in retaliation of the first stab you receive from him as a result of which he fell down in full of his blood and was later rushed to Usman Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto where he was confirmed dead, an act which you knew was likely to cause his death and you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 192 (2) of the Penal Code.” In their efforts to prove the charge against the defendant, the prosecution called 3 witnesses and tendered 2 exhibits marked as Exhibits B and B1 which are the Hausa and English translated versions of the defendant’s extra-judicial statement. Exhibit A is the extra-judicial statement of PW1 which was Page 2 of 34