Man gets seven years in prison for sexually abusing three boys

A Kano State High Court on Friday sentenced a 27-year-old man, Abdullahi Lawan, to seven years in prison for sexually assaulting three teenage boys.

Lawan of Rangaza Damagari area of ​​Ungogo Local Government of Kano State was convicted on three counts of sexual abuse after pleading guilty to the charges.

Judge Aisha Mahmoud sentenced the convict to seven years in prison on each of the three charges filed against him by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, Kano Command.

Mahmoud believed that the prosecution had proven its case beyond reasonable doubt.

She sentenced the convict to seven years in prison, without the possibility of fine.

The judge also ordered him to pay a fine of N1 million and if he failed to pay the said N1 million, he would have to serve another two years in prison.

“The sentence will run concurrently,” the judge said.

The Prosecutor and Zone Commander of NAPTIP in Kano, Mr. Abdullahi Babale, said the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, Kano Command, reported the matter to the agency on September 25.

He said the convict committed the crime sometime in August 2024 at his shop in Rangaza Damagari.

“The convict bought gifts for the victims between 10 and 13-year-old boys in his shop when they went to rent a small truck.

“During this process, he gave them N300 and groundnuts and sexually exploited them,” Babale said.