An
Upper Area Court III, sitting in Kasuwan Nama in Jos, sentenced a 21-year-old mechanic,
Abdulrahim Mustapha to 21 years in prison for raping a 9-year-old girl.
The judge, Yahaya Mohammed, who sentenced Mustapha without an
option to pay fine, said it would serve as a deterrent to others who would want
to indulge in such crime.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Ibrahim Gokwat, told the
court that the case was reported on April 5, at the Laranto Police Station by
one Yusuf Dada of Rikkos village Jos, who is the complainant.
Gokwat said that Mustapha tricked the 9-year-old girl into buying him pure water for him and dragged her into an uncompleted building and raped her. Gokwat also added that this same accused raped a 13-year-old girl a day earlier while she was sleeping in her room.
On
arraignment, the accused pleaded guilty to the charge and begged the court for
leniency. The prosecutor said the offence contravened the provisions of Section
257 of the Penal Code Law.
