Kano – The Kano State High Court on Monday
convicted and sentenced three policemen for abduction, conspiracy and
rape of a 16-year-old girl in 2011.
The policemen were former
Insp. Dantalle Muhammed, who was convicted on three counts of
abduction, conspiracy and rape and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in
addition to a fine of N100,000 for rape.
He was also sentenced
to eight years in prison for abduction with a fine of N50,000 and six
years in prison with a fine of N50,000 for conspiracy.
The other
convict, former Insp. Yusuf Ibrahim, was sentenced to 14 years with a
fine of N200,000 for abduction, eight years and a fine of N100,000 for
conspiracy and six years with a fine of N50,000 for rape.
The third convict, Mahmuda Muhammad, was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for rape.
In
her judgment, Justice Tani Yusuf expressed dismay over the action of
the three former policemen of Kwalli Division, who conspired, abducted
and raped the girl while they were on duty.
She said that it was inhuman for the police to have paraded the lady alongside three other suspects who ran away.
She ordered the police to trace and arrest them. (NAN)
Culled from Vanguard
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