The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Maitama, Abuja, Tuesday, sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping and impregnating a minor.
The court found Abdulhameed Ahmed, 27, guilty of raping the girl, who was 15 –year- old as of the time of the incident.
Judge Sylvanus Oriji agreed with the prosecution’s case, holding that the defendant did not just have sexual intercourse with the girl, but did so with her as of the time she was underage.
“The prosecution proved the elements of the offence beyond reasonable doubt,” Oriji ruled.
After declaring the defendant guilty, the judge sentenced him to life imprisonment.
Ahmed was arraigned in 2024 on one count of raping the survivor.
The prosecution said Ahmed raped the minor four times in Angwan Fulani, Aso Lugbe, Abuja, between January 2022 and January 2023.
