Three men from Wararin Zaromawa village, Amiru Sani, Aliyu Umar, and Bashar Dan-Inno, were sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday by Justice Shamsudeen Jafar of the Kebbi High Court for their role in the rape of an 18-year-old deaf woman in the state.
According to information obtained by Punch Metro, the defendants were found guilty on two counts of rape and criminal conspiracy, crimes covered by sections 259 and 60 of the Kebbi State Penal Code Law, 2021.
According to what the court heard, the crimes were committed in the state’s Gwandu Local Government Area at Wararin Zaromawa village.
The victim was raped while she was asleep by the three defendants, according to Faridah Muhammad, the prosecution’s attorney.
“The defendants broke into the victim’s house while she was asleep and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her. They choked her with a thick piece of cloth and tied her hands with a rope before having carnal knowledge of her one by one,” she said.
The judge declared that the prosecution had established every aspect of the victim’s carnal knowledge.
“I am of the firm view that all the defendants conspired in perpetrating the act. Meanwhile, the convicts conspired and raped the victim, who is an 18-year-old deaf woman, at her husband’s residence.
“All ingredients needed to establish a criminal conspiracy to commit rape were established beyond reasonable doubt by the prosecution. The court has no option but to act upon the evidence before it,” he said.
The judge declared the defendants guilty of the charges against them.
“Having found you guilty of the charge, you, Amiru Sani, Aliyu Umar, and Bashar Dan-Inno are hereby sentenced to life imprisonment for finding all of you guilty under sections 259 and 60 of Kebbi State Penal Code Law, 2021,” he declared.
