A Sharia Court in Kano State on Wednesday ordered that a 29 year-old man, Abduljabar Nura, should be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly stabbing his neighbour over electricity bill.

The police charged Nura, who lives in Fagge Quarters in Kano, with causing grievous hurt.

When the charge was read to the defendant, he pleaded guilty to the offence.

The judge, Malam Umar Lawal-Abubakar, ordered that the defendant should be remanded in the Goron Dutse Correctional centre in Kano until April 15 for sentencing.

Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Zahradeen Abubakar told the court that Haruna Kasim, the complainant, reported the matter at the Fagge Police Station on Feb. 28.

He alleged that the defendant and Kasim had an altercation over an electricity bill.

The police said that the defendant stabbed the complainant with a pair of scissors on his back.

The prosecutor said the offence contravened the provisions of sections 158 and 165 of the Penal Code law of Kano State.