Appeal court upholds 21-year jail for rape convict in Jigawa
A statement yesterday by the spokesperson of the state Ministry of Justice, Zainab Baba Santali, made available to newsmen in Dutse said the appellate court reaffirmed the judgment and dismissed the appeal of the convict for lack of merit. “During the trial, the appellant was charged under sections 298(b) and 283 of the Penal Code Laws of Jigawa State, 2012 for the offence of Rape and Armed Robbery, and at the end of the trial, the appellant was found guilty of the offences and sentenced to 21 years imprisonment. “The facts of the case were that Mummuni Tukur (appellant) had waylaid a wom...
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