A High Court sitting in Auchi, Edo State, has sentenced a 20-year-old Sufiyan Ahmed, to 21 years in prison for s£xually as#@ulting and k:lling a 4-year-old girl.
On April 21, 2019, Sufiyan Ahmed was accused of r@ping and k:lling the victim, Umuaiman Suleman, for money ritu@l in Ososo, Akoko-Edo LGA of the state.
He was arraigned on a two-count charge of murd£r and s£xual as#ault and was sentenced on Friday, 8 April 2022.
Delivering the judgment, the sitting judge said all the pieces of evidence presented before him in court were convincing beyond all reasonable doubt, hence, he finds the accused guilty as charged.
In Justice Philip Imoedemhe's words;
“The evidence before me shows the defendant is guilty as charged and convicted to 21 years in prison,”
Justice Philip Imoedemhe ordered that the convict be taken to the correctional centre in Auchi to serve his jail term.
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