Yobe court jails man seven years for sex with minor

A 20-year-old man, Dauda Umaru, has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment for procuring and having sexual intercourse with a minor.

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons disclosed the ruling in a statement shared on its official Facebook page on Wednesday.

The convict was also ordered to pay N1.5m, comprising N1m into the Victim Trust Fund Account and N500,000 as compensation to the victim.

The statement read, “A Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, Court 2, presided over by Hon. Justice Aisha Y. Salihu, has convicted Dauda Umaru (20, male) for procuring and having sexual intercourse with a 16-year-old female victim, contrary to Section 16(1) of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015, as amended.

“He was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment and ordered to pay N1,000,000 into the Victim Trust Fund Account and N500,000 as compensation to the victim.

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“Failure to pay the fine will attract an additional seven months’ imprisonment.”

PUNCH Metro had earlier reported that NAPTIP secured the conviction of 37-year-old Fatima Sanda, who was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for procuring a 16-year-old girl for sexual exploitation.

NAPTIP also disclosed that the presiding judge, Justice Aisha Ndume of the High Court of Justice, Court 10, ordered Sanda to pay N500,000 in compensation to the victim.

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