By Deborah Nnamdi
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano State, on Monday sentenced 33-year-old Nasiru Isa to seven years in the correctional centre for sexually exploiting his 11-year-old neighbor’s daughter.
The Presiding Justice, S .M. Shu’aibu, summarily tried and sentenced the defendant after he pleaded guilty to the charge.
He held that the Prosecution Counsel, Abdullahi Babale, proved his case beyond reasonable doubt and consequently sentenced the defendant to seven years without an option of fine.
According to him, the convict is to pay an additional N1 million fine as compensation.
Babale, the prosecuting council, said Isa who resides in Darmanawa Bayan Gidan Kallo of Tarauni Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, is faced with a one-count charge of sexual exploitation.
“The defendant had sex with the survivor on three different occasions.
“Once in the defendant’s wife’s room and twice at an uncompleted building.
“The defendant gave the survivor bread, groundnut, and N20 before sexually exploiting her,” Babale told the court.
The prosecution presented two exhibits, including the confessional statement of the defendant and the survivor’s 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 is punishable under Sec 26(1) of TIP ACT 2015.
Earlier, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, Kano State Command, alleged that the defendant committed the offence at Darmanawa Quarters, Tarauni LGA, Kano State, on October 5.
