Court Sentenced 2 Men To 70 Years In Imprisonment For Removing Genital Of 6-Year-Old Girl In Bauchi

Bauchi State — Bauchi State High Court 1 has sentenced two persons, Adamu Abdulra’uf and Abdulkadir Wada, to 35 years imprisonment each for causing grievous harm and attempting to commit culpable homicide against a six-year-old girl.

The court had previously been informed that, on December 30, 2020, in the Jama’are Local Government Area of the state, the defendants strangled Hauwa’u Ya’u.

Ya’u, who was six years old at the time, fainted before they used knives to cut off her private part for ritual purposes.

Justice Rabi Umar pronounced a verdict of guilt and handed down a sentence of 35 years each to Abdulra’uf, aged 20, and Wada, aged 21, following their admission of guilt in the crime.

Earlier, Mr Sabiu Gumba, the Prosecution Counsel, told the court that on August 17, 2021, the two defendants, Abdulrauf and Wada, were brought before the court on charges of criminal conspiracy, causing grievous hurt, and attempting to commit culpable homicide, totalling three counts.

The prosecution counsel called four witnesses including the father of the victim, while the defendants testified for themselves but didn’t call additional witnesses.

Gumba tendered the two knives used in committing the crime, a bottle containing the private part of the girl and a powder.