Three men have been handed life sentence for the rape of a young girl in Kebbi state.
According to reports, the convicts, identified as Amiru Sani, Aliyu Umar, and Bashar Dan-Inno were said to have raped an 18-year-old deaf girl in the Wararin Zaromawa village in Gwandu Local Government Area of the state.
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During the case hearing, the prosecution counsel, Faridah Muhammad, said the convicts faced two counts of criminal conspiracy and rape, offences punishable under sections 259 and 60 of the Kebbi State Penal Code Law, 2021.
The defendants broke into the victim’s house while she was asleep and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her. They choked her with a thick piece of cloth and tied her hands with a rope before having carnal knowledge of her one by one,” she said.
While the prosecuting counsel asked the court to convict the accused as contained in the law, the defence counsel prayed the court to temper justice with mercy.
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In his judgement, Justice Jafar, stated that the prosecution had proved all the elements of carnal knowledge of the victim.
“I am of the firm view that all the defendants conspired in perpetrating the act. Meanwhile, the convicts conspired and raped the victim, who is an 18-year-old deaf woman, at her husband’s residence
“All ingredients needed to establish a criminal conspiracy to commit rape were established beyond reasonable doubt by the prosecution. The court has no option but to act upon the evidence before it,
“Having found you guilty of the charge, you Amiru Sani, Aliyu Umar, and Bashar Dan-Inno are hereby sentenced to life imprisonment for finding all of you guilty under sections 259 and 60 of Kebbi State Penal Code Law, 2021,” he declared.
