Supreme Court upholds 12-year jail term for child rapist

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has affirmed the condemnation and 12-year situation condemnation handed to a 42-year-old man, Dauda Sani Haladu, recovered blameworthy of raping his 15-year-old home worker, successful what the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking successful Persons (NAPTIP) described arsenic a large triumph against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV).

According to a station published connected NAPTIP’s Facebook leafage connected Monday, the apex tribunal delivered its last judgement connected May 8, 2026, upholding the condemnation against the convict for the battle of the teenage girl, identified arsenic Judith James, a pseudonym utilized to support her identity.

The bureau disclosed that the incidental occurred connected March 11, 2017, erstwhile the antheral allegedly took vantage of the lack of his woman and children to sexually battle the unfortunate astatine his residence. Following the attack, the unfortunate was reportedly threatened with decease successful an effort to forestall her from speaking out.

Despite the intimidation, the teen aboriginal confided successful a schoolhouse official, prompting NAPTIP’s involution and consequent prosecution of the suspect.

The suspect was ar...