CHILD RAPE!!! 40-Year-Old Man Jailed 4 Years For Raping 9- Year-Old Girl; Without An Option Of Fine

A Kontagora High Court yesterday [July 14]
sentenced a 40-year-old man, Isah Makeri, to a
four-year jail term without an option of fine for
raping a nine-year-old girl.
In the case which lasted about six months,
Resident Counsel, Abubakar Suleiman, tendered
exhibits and were all upheld by the presiding
judge, Justice Yusuf Tanko Usman.
Before pronouncing his judgment on the convict,
the judge had asked him whether he had a plea
to mitigate the sentence but instead he pleaded
guilty to the one-count charge of unlawful
intercourse with the teenager and asked for
pardon.
Justice Usman, therefore, convicted him under
Section 283 of the Penal Code.
Meanwhile, another similar case involving three
adults has been adjourned till September 10,
2014. They were alleged to have raped a 14-
year-old girl in Kontagora town which
contradicts Sections 79, 83 and 283 of the Pensl
Code.
Chief Counsel, Ahmed Attahiru, had tendered an
application for motion on notice to add one more
witness in the case and therefore prayed for
additional 30days for the case to continue.
Joseph Usman, holding brief for counsel to the
accused, did not raise an objection to the plea.
The presiding judge, Justice Yusuf Tanko,
therefore adjourned further hearing in the case.