Anthony Iwuoma
Man to die by hanging for raping two year old to death in Zaria
A Kaduna State High Court sitting at Dogarawa Sabon Gari, Zaria, on Wednesday sentenced one Usman Shehu Bashir to death by hanging for raping a two-year-old baby to death in 2015.
Delivering judgment on the five-old-case, which began on March 23, 2015, Justice Kabir Dabo hinged the sentence on section 221 of the penal code, Kaduna State law 1999 as amended.
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“The convict has confessionally confirmed the occurrence of the offence, as well, his written statements also confirmed. By these two confessional statements, the Court passed the judgement.
“On that fateful day, the convict took the late Fatima to his room and for about 40 minutes, he raped her, which led to her death….after the establishment of all the evidence of committing the crime,” Justice Dabo the judge said.
However, he added that the convict was free to exercise his right to appeal within 90 days of his conviction.
The deceased father, Malam Zakariya Ya’u Dahiru, said the judgement passed on Usman was justified for crime.
On his part, the State Counsel, Barrister Jummai Dan Azimi, said the court has done justice to the case.