Thursday, March 6, 2025 - Two persons identified as John Moses and Yakubu Mohammed have been sentenced to d3ath by hanging and surgical castration for r3pe in Kaduna State.
The state
Commissioner, Ministry of Human Services and Social Development, Hajiya Rabi
Salisu, who disclosed this to Daily Trust on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, stated
that a third person, Mustapha Musa, was sentenced to life imprisonment for
r3pe.
She said
the ministry had secured three convictions of rape charges between June 2024
and February 2025.
She
described the convictions as a good development and hoped it would serve as a
deterrent to others.
"The
ministry secured a conviction on the 7th day of June 2024 before Hon. Justice
Nana in KDH/KAD/57c/2023; State Vs. John Moses wherein the Defendant was
convicted in a two-count charge of r3pe and incest under Section 258 1 of the
Penal Code Law 2017 as amended and sentenced to d3ath by hanging and surgical
castration," she said.
"The
ministry also secured a conviction on the 6th day of February 2025 before Hon.
Justice B.Yusuf in KDH/KAD/69c/2023; State Vs. Yakubu Mohammed, wherein the
Defendant was convicted on 2 counts of R3pe under Section 258 1 of the Penal
Code Law 2017 as amended and sentenced to d3ath by hanging and surgical
castration.
"The
ministry again secured another conviction on the 24th day of February 2025
before Hon. Justice Isa Aliyu in KDH/KAD/66c/2021; State Vs. Mustapha Musa,
wherein the Defendant was convicted on 2 counts of R3pe under Section 258 of
the Penal Code Law and sentenced to life imprisonment.”
She said
the cases were handled by M.P. Danjuma Esq. and Halimatu S. Bello Esq.
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