A man identified as Mati Abdu, has been sentenced to death by stoning for raping a minor in Kano State.
The Upper Shariah Court sitting in the state sentenced Mati, 60, who hailed from Farsa village in Tsanyawa Local Government Area of the state, after he was arrested by the Police in 2019 for alleged rape of a 12-year-old-girl.
The Trial Judge, Ibrahim Sarki-Yola, said the accused person pleaded guilty to charge after the case was adjourned for the fourth time without changing his plea.
Sarki-Yola said the Court was convinced by the accused person’s admission of the charge against him and found him guilty.
The Judge, thereafter, convicted the accused and sentenced him to death by stoning under Section 127 (b) of the Kano State Shari’a Code 2000.
Sarki-Yola, however, ordered a 30-days grace within which to appeal the judgment.
