Federal
Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Wuse, Abuja, presided over by
Hon. Justice M. M kolo, has sentenced a 48 – year-old man, Shehu Abubakar, to
12
years imprisonment for sexually abusing two boys.
years imprisonment for sexually abusing two boys.
The convict
was dragged to Court by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking
in Persons (NAPTIP), under the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act
2015.
Shehu Abubakar
had pleaded guilty to the two counts charge slammed on him by the legal team of
the Agency after being confronted by overwhelming evidence and was subsequently
convicted by the Court on both counts. The sentence is to run concurrently.
Investigation
revealed that the defendant who is a resident of Gwagwalada, Gwagwalada Local
Government Council, was arrested by the operatives of NAPTIP following a
tip-off by some concerned residents who suspected the unholy relationship
between him and the two boys.
It was learnt
that the convict harboured the two boys, age between 14 and 15 years old in his
apartment with the pretence of providing accommodation for them and in the
process had canal knowledge of them continuously through their anus.
This
conviction brings to two the convictions secured by the Agency under the
Violence Against Person Prohibition (VAPP) Act 2015.
Reacting to
this conviction, Acting Director-General of NAPTIP, Mr. Abdulrazak Dangiri
expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the case. He however, added that the
Agency will not rest on its laurels in dealing with the issues of violence
against persons in Abuja.
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