₦airaland Forum

Ogagist2:
A Chief Magistrate Court holden in Minna, Niger State capital has sentenced a 33-year-old Islamic teacher, Abubakar Abdullahi, to seven years imprisonment over allegation of having anal sex with 35 of his pupils.

Abdullahi, a resident of Sabon Gari, Kontagora, in Kontagora Local Government Area of the State, was charged with unnatural offence, contrary to section 284 of the penal code law.

The Police Prosecutor, ASP. Daniel Ikwoche, had informed the court that one Murtala Abdullahi, a Hisbah Commander in Kontagora Local Government Area reported the matter at the Police station on July 22, 2019.

Ikwoched said the complainant alleged that the accused person lured 35 of his Islamic pupils who were between the ages of 9 and 14 years into his room and had anal intercourse with them on different occasions between March and July, this year.

When the charge was read to the accused, he pleaded guilty and begged the court for leniency.

The prosecutor thereafter prayed the court to try him summarily in line with section 157 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

In her ruling, Magistrate Hauwa Yusuf, sentenced him to seven years in prison with hard labour.

Yusuf, however, alleged the accused one will comprise the decision of a N2million pleasant after plateful the original four existence of his sentence.



Source; https://maniagist.com/2019/08/05/islamic-teacher-jailed-7yrs-for-anal-sex-with-35-pupils-in-niger/

Ogagist2:
The issue of rape in Nigeria is getting tougher everyday ❎

blackpanthar:
this will not TREND because its ISLAM.... let it be a PASTOR then you will have so much traffic on it.

oloriooko:
Which kind ridiculous sentence be this na
The 7 years should be for one pupil so the guy was suppose to get 7x35 which is 245 years in jail!
Is our law in support of sodomy and child molestation?
This is purely miscarriage of Justice

delpee:
It’s annoying and unfair to the victims. He’ll soon be back to ‘business’.
We certainly need tougher sentences for crimes like this. Poor kids. Some may be emotionally ruined for life if no counseling takes place.