An Upper Shariah Court situated in Kano State has sentenced a 60-year-old man, identified as Mati Abdu to death by stoning for defiling a minor.
Abdu, a native of Farsa village in Tsanyawa Local Government area of Kano State was said to have allegedly raped a 12-year-old girl in a broad daylight and under a tree at Farsa Village sometimes last year.
The Presiding Judge of the Shariah court, Khadi Ibrahim Sarki Yola gave the judgment after finding Abdu guilty of the offence.
The prosecution counsel, Barrister Badariya Shehu Bala said the convict committed the offence about 1:00 p.m where he had unlawful sexual intercourse with the 12-year-old girl under a tree situated at Farsa village, Tsanyawa local government area in Kano.
Yola, however, sentenced Abdu based on Section 127 subsection (b) of the Kano State Shariah Penal Code Law 2000.
He (Abdu) pleaded guilty to the offence.
