A Jigawa Point out Higher Court docket in Birnin Kudu has sentenced Idris Munkaila to existence imprisonment for raping and infecting his 6-calendar year-previous sister-in-legislation with HIV.
The convict had previously been forced to marry the sister of the sufferer immediately after he was found to have also infected her with HIV.

The spokesperson of the state’s Ministry of Justice, Zainab Baba-Santali, disclosed this in a statement on Friday.

Mrs Baba-Santali stated Mr Munkaila, a resident of Sara in Gwaram Community Government Area of the state, committed the criminal offense in June 2017.

The judge, Musa Ubale, on October 5, identified him guilty of rape, an offence punishable beneath Part 283 of the Penal Code Legislation of Jigawa Condition, the statement stated.

Mrs Baba-Santali claimed Mr Munkaila was observed to have lured the little girl (identify withheld) and scolded her not to notify any one right after raping her.

According to the spokesperson, a handful of days later on, the mother of the victim observed a whitish discharge from her private aspect and the girl then unveiled her violation by the convict.

She extra that evidence in advance of the court docket revealed that the defendant formerly had also infected the sister of the girl with HIV after an affair with her just prior to she was to be handed out in marriage to another gentleman.

“The sister … knowledgeable her moms and dads that it was the defendant (Mr Munkaila) who contaminated her with HIV.

“The marriage was cancelled and the sister of the prosecutrix was married to the defendant primarily based on arrangement by their families.

“However, the mom of the prosecutrix acquiring recognized the defendant’s HIV status, she took her 6-calendar year-old daughter to the medical center for clinical examination,” Mrs Baba-Santali said

“The defendant was afterwards arrested and charged to courtroom for the offence of rape.

“In evidence of the case the prosecution referred to as 5 (5) witnesses, and tendered two (2) exhibits and the defendant testified for himself.

“Both counsel to the functions resolved the courtroom.

“The observed that the prosecution had proved its circumstance past fair question, thereby convicted the defendant and sentenced him to daily life imprisonment as offered less than the Jigawa State Penal Code Miscellaneous Modification, 2014,” the assertion claimed.

Just one other Discharged

In the meantime, in a different judgment, the formal claimed the decide discharged and acquitted Garba of Maduba Fulani Settlement of Buji Area Govt Area of the condition.

“Mr Garba was arraigned for the offence of culpable homicide punishable with loss of life below Section 221 (b) of the Penal Code Guidelines of Jigawa State 2012.

“The specifics of the case was that, in the 12 months 2018, the defendant was claimed to have applied an axe and brought on significant damage to 1 Abubakar Juli (deceased) which led to his demise.

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“The deceased was said to have hailed from the exact local community with the defendant. The defendant was arrested and billed to court, but he denied the charge.

“In buy to show the scenario, the prosecution identified as two witnesses and tendered two reveals, then shut its scenario. When the defendant testified as a witness in his possess defence and closed his situation.

“Delivering the judgment, the judge held that the prosecution failed to show their scenario over and above sensible question, therefore the defendant was discharged and acquitted,” Mrs Baba-Santali explained in the statement.