A 40-year-old man, Sani Muhammadu, has been sentenced to seven-year imprisonment for defiling a two-year-old girl.
Muhammadu, an indigene of Unguwan-Sarkin Ruwa Bangi area of Katcha in Katcha Local Government Area of Niger State, was sentenced by a Magistrates Court sitting in Minna, the state capital.
The prosecutor, Inspector Aliyu Yakubu, told the court that one Zakari S. Ruwa reported at the Katcha Police Station on 28 January 2021, at about 4 pm, that at about 3 pm on the same day, the defendant lured his two-year-old daughter into his room and had sexual intercourse with her.
He said the offence was contrary to Section 18 (2) of the Child Rights Law of Niger State, 2010.
According to the prosecution counsel, Mahammadu confessed to committing the crime during the police interrogation.
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The Magistrate, Fatima Kabir, handed the sentence without the option of a fine after finding the suspect guilty of the offence.
Meanwhile, three women and two men including one Tyowooga Iorpuu, were killed by suspected herders at different locations in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, in what appeared to be renewed attacks in the state.
According to locals, the first incident happened last Thursday at a location known as Udei in the LGA.
Four victims of the killings in Udei were said to have gone out fishing when they were attacked and killed by the suspects.
In the second incident that happened on Sunday at Njee in the LGA, one person was reportedly killed by the suspected herders.
One of the locals who identified himself simply as Anyamnhu said the last victim, Tyowooga Iorpuu, was killed on Sunday by assailants that raided Chongu village, Mbagwa -Mbawa, Daudu, in Guma LGA.
He said Iorpuu, 45, was survived by his wife, Mlumun, and five children.