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.
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.Culled from Punch
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