27-Year-Old Sentenced To Life Imprisonment For Raping Teen

Jigawa State High Court sitting in Dutse has sentenced 27-year old Suleiman Ahmed to life imprisonment, after convicting him of rape.

In a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the state Ministry of Justice, Zainab Baba Santali, Ahmed, of Lutai village in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area of the state, committed the crime on March 15, 2020, in Babaldu town.

The statement added that the convict had lured an 11-year old girl into an uncompleted building where he raped her.

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It noted that the prosecution, led by the state Attorney-General, Musa Aliyu, presented four witnesses after the defendant denied the charges.

The witnesses included two of the girl’s friends who testified that they saw the convict taking her into the uncompleted building, and they had followed them, only to see him sexually abusing the girl.

The trial judge, Musa Ubale, said the prosecution proved their case beyond reasonable doubt against the defendant and sentenced him to life imprisonment.

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