Tobi Adebayo
The Jigawa State Government has announced the approval of the death penalty for persons found guilty of rape.
This was announced at a press briefing by the state Commissioner for Justice and the Attorney General, Dr Musa Adamu on Wednesday.
According to Adamu, the state government also approved the death penalty for persons who rape children below the age of 10.
He said “Earlier this year, the Jigawa Sstate Governor, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, signed the Violence Against Prohibition Bill which prescribed the death penalty for rapists but with the option of life imprisonment.
“But recently, the government has also signed the child protection law which prescribed the death penalty for anyone that raped a child below the age of 10.
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“Out of the total number of the case diaries, 90 were rape cases; 27 culpable homicides; sodomy has 31; kidnapping and abduction have a total number of 18 cases; incest two; two 2 acts of gross indecency; 20 armed robberies while road traffic offences have two cases.
“The ministry has prosecuted and defended a total number of 25 appeals before Court of Appeal, Kano Division, and has also completed the prosecution of 83 criminal trials before eight High Courts at Birnin Kudu, Dutse, Gumel Hadejia, Kazaure and Ringim. 34 convictions and Forty-Nine 49 defendants were discharged and acquitted.”
