An Upper Sharia court in Kano state yesterday sentenced a 63-year-old
man who is HIV positive to death by stoning, for defiling and infecting
a minor with the deadly virus.
The convict, Ubale Saidu Dotsa, was found guilty by the court
following incontrovertible evidence tendered by the prosecution counsel
for defiling Hauwa Muhammad
Saidu, who has been standing trial over the last two months for
r*ping a 12-year-old (names withheld), confessed to have r*ped her at
Dotsa village in Kumbotso, a suburb of Kano, after inducing her.
Medical report tendered by the prosecution counsel indicated that the
Primary 6 pupil has been inflicted with the deadly virus after the
forceful penetration by Ubale.
Ubale is said to being living with HIV in the last two years. He lost
his first and second wives to same virus in 2011. According to record
before the court, the wives died in six month interval.
Delivering the judgment, Khadi Faruq Ahmed further ordered that N36
million be paid as compensation to the parents of Hauwa Mohammed if
their daughter eventually dies.
Khadi Farouq also directed that the judgment should be forwarded to
the Ministry of Justice which is expected to forward same to Governor
Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso for assent.
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