Man jailed 7 years for sexually abusing three boys in Kano

Justice Aisha Mahmoud of the Kano State High Court on Friday sentenced a 27-year-old man, Abdullahi Lawan, to seven years imprisonment for sexually abusing three teenage boys in the state.

Lawan was convicted on a three-count charge of sexual abuse after he pleaded guilty to the charges.

The judge in her ruling sentenced the convict to seven years imprisonment on each of the charges preferred against him by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in Kano State.

Mahmoud held that the prosecution had proven its case beyond reasonable doubt.

She sentenced the convict to seven years imprisonment each without an option of a fine.

The judge also ordered him to pay a fine of N1 million or serve an additional two years in prison.

“The sentence shall run concurrently,” she stated.

The NAPTIP Zonal Commander in Kano, Abdullahi Babale, said the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the state reported the matter to the agency on September 25.

He said the convict committed the offence sometime in August at his shop situated at Rangaza Damagari.

“The convict procured gifts for the victims between the ages of 10 and 13-year-old boys at his shop when they went to rent a small truck.

“In the process, he gave them N300, groundnut and sexually exploited them,” Babale said.

The prosecutor presented four exhibits, including the confessional statement of the convict, and the victims’ testimony to the court, to prove his case.

He said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 16(1) of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015, and is punishable under Section 26(1) of TIP ACT 2015.

The defence counsel, Mr. I.I Umar, pleaded for leniency on behalf of his client.

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