Justice Shamsudeen Jafar of the Kebbi High Court sentenced three men, Amiru Sani, Aliyu Umar, and Bashar Dan-Inno, to life imprisonment on Tuesday for raping an 18-year-old deaf woman in Wararin Zaromawa village, Kebbi State.
The convicts faced charges of criminal conspiracy and rape, offences punishable under sections 259 and 60 of the Kebbi State Penal Code Law, 2021. The prosecution counsel, Faridah Muhammad, detailed how the men broke into the victim’s home while she was asleep, choked her with a thick cloth, tied her hands with a rope, and raped her.
The judge concluded that the prosecution had proven all elements of the crime beyond reasonable doubt. “I am of the firm view that all the defendants conspired in perpetrating the act. The convicts conspired and raped the victim, who is an 18-year-old deaf woman, at her husband’s residence. All ingredients needed to establish a criminal conspiracy to commit rape were established beyond reasonable doubt by the prosecution,” Justice Jafar stated.
Delivering his judgment, he declared the defendants guilty and sentenced them to life imprisonment under sections 259 and 60 of the Kebbi State Penal Code Law, 2021.
