Court jails 20-year-old man seven years for sexual exploitation in Yobe

A Federal High Court sitting successful Damaturu has convicted and sentenced a 20-year-old man, Dauda Umaru, to 7 years imprisonment for intersexual exploitation.

The court, presided implicit by Justice Aisha Y. Salihu of Court 2, recovered Umaru blameworthy of procuring and having intersexual intercourse with a 16-year-old girl.

The offence contravened Section 16(1) of the Trafficking successful Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015, arsenic amended.

Delivering judgment, Justice Salihu sentenced the convict to 7 years successful prison.

The tribunal besides ordered him to wage the sum of N1 cardinal into the Victims Trust Fund Account and an further N500,000 arsenic compensation to the victim.

The justice held that nonaccomplishment to wage the fines would pull an other 7 months imprisonment.

Umaru was arraigned connected July 13, 2026, portion his condemnation was secured connected October 27, 2026.

The condemnation was secured by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking successful Persons, NAPTIP.

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