A Federal Excessive Court docket in Kano State has sentenced Musbahu Muhamud, a 40-year-old fisherman, to seven years in jail for sexually exploiting a 10-year-old woman.
Presiding Choose Justice S. M. Shu’aibu convicted Muhamud, a resident of Layin Gidan Sarki Zango, Galinje in Ajingi Native Authorities Space, Kano, on expenses of sexual exploitation.
Shu’aibu dominated that the prosecution had established its case past an inexpensive doubt, resulting in the defendant’s sentencing with out an choice for a superb.
The Prosecutor, Kano State Zonal Commander of the Nationwide Company for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Individuals (NAPTIP), Mr. Abdullahi Babale, knowledgeable the court docket that Muhamud dedicated the offense on October 6.
To help the case, the prosecution offered 4 reveals, together with the convict’s confessional assertion and the sufferer’s testimony.
In keeping with Babale, Muhamud’s actions violated Part 16(1) of the Trafficking in Individuals (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015, and are punishable underneath Part 26(1) of the identical Act.
The protection counsel, Mr. I. I. Ibrahim, appealed for leniency on behalf of his shopper.
(NAN)
