A 42-year-old man has been arraigned at a high court in the Adamawa State capital, Yola, for allegedly strangling his mother.

Clement Tumba who hails from Dilchim, a community in Michika Local Government Area, has confessed to tightening a rope around his mother’s neck till she died.

Clement told the court that he returned home late on the night and was confronted by the mother who rebuked him for constantly beating up his sister.

He said got a rope which he placed over his mother’s head and pulled till she dropped dead.

Justice Helen Hammanjoda adjourned the case till February 24.

The Nation