For defiling a 14 year old girl, 50 year old Sani Yusuf is to spend eight years imprisonment, a Minna Magistrate Court ruled on Monday.
Yusuf is in court on a two count charge for having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor and causing grevious hurt.
Presenting the case to the Chief Magistrate, the Police Prosecutor, Sergeant Bello Mohammed said the grandmother, Hajiya Asabe Zagi of Tudun Fulani area in Minna had reported the matter at the Bosso Police station and accused Yusuf of having carnal knowledge of her 14 year old granddaughter. According to the Grandmother, Yusuf had carnal knowledge of her granddaughter on three occasions after she went to fetch water from the house where Yusuf works as a security guard.The Prosecutor stated that when the complainant confronted him on the issue, Yusuf was said to have used his knife and stabbed her on her body, to which she sustained deep injuries.
He noted that the offences were contrary to sections 18 and 248 of the Niger State Child Rights Law 2010 and the Penal Code law respectively.In his ruling, the presiding Judge, Hauwa Yusuf sentenced him to eight years in prison without any option of fine for the first count charge and three years in prison or a fine of N100,000 for the second count.
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