Kano court jails man 20 years for raping 85-year-old woman

A Kano State High Court has sentenced a 32-year-old man, Muhammad Zulfalalu, popularly known arsenic “Mai Siket”, to 20 years imprisonment for raping an 85-year-old pistillate successful Kiru Local Government Area of the state.

Justice Aisha Mahmoud delivered the judgement aft uncovering the suspect blameworthy of a nine-count complaint bordering connected rape and housebreaking, holding that the prosecution had proved its lawsuit beyond tenable doubt.

The tribunal sentenced Zulfalalu to 20 years imprisonment for rape and an further six years for housebreaking. Both sentences are to tally concurrently. The tribunal besides awarded N500,000 compensation to the victim.

According to the prosecution counsel, Aisha Adamu, the offences were committed betwixt August 2019 and June 2020 astatine Gidan Kwano, Kwanar Dangora, successful Kiru LGA.

Adamu told the tribunal that the convict unlawfully entered the victim’s residence astatine nighttime and sexually assaulted her. She further alleged that Zulfalalu, wide known successful the country arsenic “Mai Siket”, had been progressive successful a signifier of breaking into homes during nighttime earlier his eventual arrest.

The prosecution presented six witnesses successful enactment of its lawsuit and argued that the offences contravened Sections 283 and 356 of the Penal Code.

Reacting to the verdict, Kano State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Abdulkarim Maude (SAN), described the condemnation arsenic a important milestone successful the sta...