Court jails football coach for sodomising underage player
Story by Jameel Lawan YAKASAI
A Kano State High Court, presided over by Justice Musa Dahuru Muhammad, has on Wednesday sentenced one Hayatu Muhammad, a football team coach, to eight years’ imprisonment without the option of a fine for committing sodomy against his minor player.
The convict, a resident of Sanka in Kano metropolis, was found to have committed the act twice at different locations.
However, to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt, Kano State Counsel, Barrister Ibrahim Arif Garba, called five witnesses who testified against the defendant.
In his defence, the convict testified as the sole witness. The offence contravenes Section 284 of the Penal Code Law.
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Justice Dahuru, after reviewing all witness testimonies and the evidence presented during the trial, upheld that the defendant committed the offence as charged.
He sentenced him to four years for each of the two counts.
Justice Dahuru further ordered that the sentences run concurrently, beginning from the day of the judgment.
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