A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced a 45-year-old man, Kingsley James, to 30 months imprisonment for N5.5 million fraud. The convict was tried on a two-count charge of theft and obtaining money by false pretenses after he pleaded guilty. Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel sentenced James to 15 months imprisonment on each of the two-count charge with an option of N100,000 fine. He ruled that the sentences should run concurrently. Emmanuel also ordered the convict to restitute the sum of N5.5 million to the complainant, Mr David Zamani. He also…
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Man, 75, jailed 30 years for raping eight-year-old girl twice in Niger state
A Magistrate Court in Minna, Niger State, has sentenced a septuagenarian, Mohammed Sani Umar, to 30 years in prison for raping an eight-year-old girl in Chanchaga area of the state. Umar raped his victim twice before giving her N80 not to tell anybody about the incident, according to reports. Umar, who admitted before the Magistrate Court said he raped the little girl twice because he loved her. Delivering judgment on the case, Senior Magistrate Safuratu Abdulkareem of Magistrate Court III, Minna, found Umar guilty of the offence. The Magistrate therefore…
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