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Lagos court sentences man to life imprisonment for defiling his wife's 14-year-old niece and infecting her with HIV

Lagos court sentences man to life imprisonment for defiling his wife

The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced one Richard Saviour to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his wife’s 14-year-old niece and infecting her with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).   During the trial, the State Counsel, Mr Ola Azeez, called three witnesses to prove the prosecution’s case while …

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Court sentences five vigilante members to death by hanging for extra-judicial killing of 17-year-old boy in Kano

Court sentences five vigilante members to death by hanging for extra-judicial killing of 17-year-old boy in Kano

The Kano State High Court, presided over by Chief Judge Justice Dije Abdu Aboki, has sentenced five members of a vigilante group to death by hanging for the extrajudicial killing of a 17-year-old boy, Ahmed Musa.   The five convicted persons who were attached to the Sani Abacha Youth Centre, …

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Court sentences self-styled Ondo traditional ruler and five others to two years imprisonment over communal crisis

Court sentences self-styled Ondo traditional ruler and five others to two years imprisonment over communal crisis

An Ondo State High Court, sitting in Akure has sentenced six people to two years imprisonment for violence and breach of peace in the coastal community of Ayetoro in Ilaje Local Government Area of the state.   The six convicts, Oluwambe Ojagbohunmi, who claimed to be the traditional ruler and …

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Court sentences two men to 70 years imprisonment for removing 6-year-old girl's genitals for ritual in Bauchi

Court sentences two men to 70 years imprisonment for removing 6-year-old girl

Bauchi State High Court 1 has sentenced two persons, Adamu Abdulra’uf and Abdulkadir Wada, to 35 years imprisonment each for causing grievous hurt and attempting to commit culpable homicide on a six-year-old girl.   The court had earlier heard how the defendants, on December 30, 2020, at Jama’are Local Government …

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