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The Federal High Court in Kano has sentenced one Ado
Danjuma, 53, to three years imprisonment for abducting a nine-year-old
girl and sexually molesting her.
The prosecution counsel, Aondona Orti, told the court
that the convict had on February 2, 2011, lured the victim to a shop
where he worked as a security man.
“He inserted his finger into
the private part of the nine-year old girl, touched her buttocks and
later asked her to go,” said Orti.
He said the arrested the convict at his duty post after the girl went home and narrated what happened to her parents.
When the charge was read to Danjuma, he pleaded guilty and asked for leniency as he had five children and a pregnant wife.
The
trial judge, Justice Shehu Yahaya, sentenced him to two years
imprisonment without the option of a fine on first count of taking
custody of the girl without the consent of her lawful guardians; and
also sentenced him to one year imprisonment for having carnal knowledge
of the girl contrary to the Trafficking in Persons Act 2003.
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