Bauchi State High Court 1 has sentenced Adamu Abdulra’uf and Abdulkadir Wada to 35 years in prison each for causing serious harm and attempting culpable homicide on a six-year-old girl.
After pleading guilty to the offence, Abdulra’uf, 20, and Wada, 21, were convicted and sentenced by Justice Rabi Umar.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Mr Sabiu Gumba, informed the court that the two defendants, Abdulrauf and Wada, were arraigned on a three-count allegation of criminal conspiracy, causing severe harm, and attempting to commit culpable homicide on Aug. 17, 2021.
The prosecution called four witnesses, including the victim’s father while the defendants testified only for themselves and did not call any additional witnesses.
Gumba presented the two knives used in the crime, a vial holding the girl’s private parts, and a substance.
The defendants were accused of strangling one Hauwa’u Ya’u on December 30, 2020, in the state’s Jama’are Local Government Area.
Ya’u, who was six at the time, passed out before they chopped off her private portion for ritual purposes.
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