Woman bags jail term for maltreating stepchildren
Fatima Abubakar, 37, who was arrested by operatives of the Adamawa state police command for torturing her stepchildren has been sentenced to prison.
Neptune Prime reports that Fatima was arrested in Yola South Local Government Area on October 5, for torturing her stepchildren, Usman Abubakar, 3, and Hafsat Abubakar, 2.
Sentencing Fatima, alongside her husband and father of the children, Abubakar Yuguda, at the chief Magistrate court sitting in Yola presided by Magistrate M. A. Adamu, found Fatima guilty, and sentenced her to one year in prison, as well as to pay N100,000 to the government and N150,000 as medical bills for the treatment of the two children that she maltreated.
The husband on the other hand was granted bail after meeting the conditions.
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Abubakar was admitted to bail after he fulfilled the conditions for it, and the court adjourned his matter for the continuation of hearing.
Proofreading and editing by Gift Luckson and Hafsat Aleeyu Muye, Editor and Journalist at Neptune Prime.
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