Man Bags 7 Years Jail For Sexual Abuse Of 3 Lads

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A 27-year-old man, Abdullahi Lawan, Arraigned before a Kano State High Court, was Friday sentenced to seven years imprisonment for sexually abusing three teenage boys.

Lawan, of Rangaza Damagari area in Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano State, was convicted on three-count charge of sexual abuse after he pleaded guilty to the charges.

Delivering judgment, Justice Aisha Mahmoud, sentenced the convict to seven years imprisonment on each of the three-count charge preferred against him by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Kano Command.

Mahmoud held that the prosecution had proven its case beyond reasonable doubt, and sentenced the convict to seven years imprisonment each without option of fine.

The judge also ordered the convict to pay a fine of N1 million and, if  he failed to pay the said fine, he would serve additional two years in prison.

Said the judge: “The sentence shall run concurrently”.

The Prosecutor and Zonal Commander of NAPTIP in Kano State, Mr Abdullahi Babale, said the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Kano Command, reported the matter to the agency on September 25, 2024.

He pointed out that the convict committed the offence sometime in August 2024, at his shop situated at Rangaza Damagari.

“The convict procured gift for the victims between the ages of 10 and 13 year old boys at his shop when they went to rent a small truck.

Said Babale: “In the process he gave them N300, groundnut and sexually exploited them”.

The prosecution presented four exhibits, including the confessional statement of the convict, and the victims testimony to the court, to prove his case.

Babale said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 16 (1) of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015 and punishable under Section 26 (1) of TIP ACT 2015.

The defence counsel, Mr. I. I. Umar, pleaded for leniency on behalf of Lawan.

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