✕ CLOSE Online Special City News Entrepreneurship Environment Factcheck Everything Woman Home Front Islamic Forum Life Xtra Property Travel & Leisure Viewpoint Vox Pop Women In Business Art and Ideas Bookshelf Labour Law Letters
Click Here To Listen To Trust Radio Live

Man jailed 7 years for defiling 2-year-old baby

A Niger State magistrates’ court sitting in Minna has sentenced one Muhammadu Sani (40) to seven years in prison without option of fine for defiling…

A Niger State magistrates’ court sitting in Minna has sentenced one Muhammadu Sani (40) to seven years in prison without option of fine for defiling a two-year-old girl.

The Magistrate, Fatima Kabir, handed the sentence after finding the suspect of Unguwan-Sarkin Ruwa Bangi area of Katcha in Katcha LGA of Niger State guilty of the offence.

Abductors of six INEC officials demand N50m ransom

Ramadan: Invest in the needy, orphans – Emir Bayero

The prosecutor, Inspector Aliyu Yakubu, had earlier told the court that on January 28, 2021, at about 4pm, one Zakari S. Ruwa reported at the Katcha Police Station that on the same day at about 3pm the defendant lured his two-year-old daughter into his room and had sexual intercourse with her, adding that during police interrogation, the defendant confessed to the crime.

Inspector Yakubu noted that the offence was contrary to Section 18 (2) of the Child Rights Law of Niger State, 2010.

 

VERIFIED: It is now possible to live in Nigeria and earn salary in US Dollars with premium domains, you can earn as much as $12,000 (₦18 Million).
Click here to start.