By WOLE MOSADOMI
MINNA — A
Kontagora High Court has sentenced a 40-year-old man, Isah Makeri, to a four-year
jail term without an option of fine for raping a nine-year-old girl.
In the case which lasted about six months, Resident Counsel,
Abubakar Suleiman, tendered
exhibits and were all upheld by the presiding
judge, Justice Yusuf Tanko Usman.
Before pronouncing his judgment on the convict, the judge
had asked him whether he had a plea to mitigate the sentence but instead he
pleaded guilty to the one-count charge of unlawful intercourse with the
teenager and asked for pardon.
Justice Usman, therefore, convicted him under Section 283 of
the Penal Code.
Meanwhile, another similar case involving three adults has
been adjourned till September 10. They were alleged to have raped a 14-year-old
girl in Kontagora town which contradicts Sections 79, 83 and 283 of the Pensl
Code.
Chief counsel, Ahmed Attahiru, had tendered an application
for motion on notice to add one more witness in the case and therefore prayed
for additional 30days for the case to continue.
Joseph Usman, holding brief for counsel to the accused, did
not raise an objection to the plea.
The presiding judge, Justice Yusuf Tanko, therefore
adjourned further hearing in the case.
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