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Two Bag Life Imprisonment For Raping 14-yr -old Girl In Kebbi

Abimbola OgunaikeBy No Comments27 Views

A Kebbi State High Court for Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Special Court in Birnin Kebbi  presided over by Justice Sham Sudden Jafar,has sentenced two men, Murtala Abdullahi and Abdullahi Abdullahi, to life imprisonment for the rape of a 14-year-old girl.

The court found the men guilty on four charges, including criminal conspiracy to commit rape, rape, criminal conspiracy to commit intimidation and intimidation, as outlined in the Kebbi State Penal Code Law 2021.

 Justice Jafar while delivering the judgment noted that the prosecution had successfully proven the charges, after evaluating the evidence presented, which included testimony from the victim and a medical report.

The victim had reported that both accused men raped her one after the other, with one of the men threatening her with a cutlass, which caused bruises to her body.

The medical report confirmed that the victim had a severed hymen and visible bruises.

The accused initially confessed to the crime but later attempted to retract their statements.

Despite this, they admitted to being at the scene of the crime and were arrested together.

The prosecution was led by Barrister Zainab M. Jabbo, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions (DDPP) from the Kebbi State Ministry of Justice.

The defense team, consisting of Barristers Alhassan, Rilwan M. Mayalo, and Faruk Dauran, Legal Aid Coordinator, challenged the weight of the confessional statements.

In addition to life imprisonment for the rape charges, the court imposed a fine of N250,000 or one year in prison for the offenses

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