An upper Shari’ah court in Tudun Wada, Zaria, Kaduna State has sentenced three rapists to a one-year imprisonment but with an option of N7,000 fine with 20 strokes of cane for their actions.
The suspected rapists are Hassan Suleiman, Ibrahim Usman and Adamu Audu, who were alleged to have lured secondary school victims while on their way to school.
The presiding judge of the court, Malam Iliyasu Muhammad Umar, ruled that the three suspects who were earlier arraigned before him will serve a one-year jail term or pay N7,000 fine with 20 strokes of cane as deterrent to their actions.
Prosecutor Yahaya had told the court that the offence committed by the suspects contravenes Sections 222 and 117 of the Penal Code.
Yahaya stated that while Hassan Suleiman and Ibrahim Usman attacked and raped a 9-year-old girl, Adamu Audu’s victim was a 10-year-old girl.
The girls are pupils of LEA Primary School in the Tudun Jukun area of Zaria.
Meanwhile, Hafsat Mohammed Baba, the Kaduna State Commissioner for Women Affairs, has been informed about the case as she said that her ministry would follow up the case to ensure justice is served, adding that the verdict would only encourage rapists.
