man get 15 years imprisonment for raping a seven-year-old minor

A Bauchi State High Court presided over by the state Chief Judge,

Justice Rabi Umar, has sentenced a middle-aged man to 15 years

imprisonment for raping a seven-year-old girl.

The accused, Adamu Abdullahi, was arraigned before the court by the

state Director of Public Prosecutions, Dauda Yakubu, for raping a

minor (name withheld), an offence said to be contrary to Section 282

of the criminal law and punishable under Section 283 with up to life

imprisonment.

In her judgement, Umar said the accused was found guilty on the ground

that his voluntary confessional statement corroborated with the oral

evidence tendered by the victim.

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The victim explained how the convict forced her into his room and had

unlawful canal knowledge of her as a result of which she was injured

in her private parts.

Umar said the result of a medical examination confirmed the injury she

sustained in her private parts as a result of the rape.

After a plea for leniency by the counsel to the accused, Dahiru

Abdulhamid, Umar sentenced the accused to 15 years imprisonment from

the date he was arraigned in court on March 5, 2012. The justice also

fined the convict N3,000.

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