7-Year-old Bags Death Sentence for Raping 12-Year Old

A 70-year-old Mati Audu has been sentenced to death by stoning by an Upper Shari’a court sitting at Kofar Kudu in the ancient city of Kano after he was found guilty of defiling a 12-year-old girl.

The judgment was issued after the rapist admitted defiling the minor and was willing to accept his punishment of death by stoning.

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Audu, who resides in Falsa of Tsanyawa local government, willingly confessed to his crime before the judge.

The presiding judge, Abdullahi Sani Sarki Yola, in his ruling on Wednesday said that Islamic teachings gave Audu the chance at three different court sittings to reverse his confession in order to save him from the punishment.