Appeal court quashes lower court’s ruling, affirms life sentence for rapists in Jigawa state

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By Salim Yunusa

The court of appeal, Kano Division, has on 8th October 2021, ruled that under Section 283 of the Penal Code Miscellaneous Amendment, 2014 of Jigawa State, no Court in Jigawa State has the power to sentence a convict who raped a girl below the age of 14 to any sentence other than life imprisonment.

 

This was contained in a statement released by Attorney General, Jigawa State, Barr Musa Adamu Aliyu.

 

The statement said, “Justice Abubakar Lamido JCA made the pronouncement in two cross-appeals filed by the Jigawa State Ministry of Justice challenging the decision of a High Court where two convicts Mesara Ayuba and Abdurrahman Musa were found guilty of raping girls below the age of 14 years and sentenced to seven (7) years imprisonment with 10 stroke of canes on 10 market days.

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