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1 day ago · Kebbi State High Court 7, presided by Justice Shamsudeen Jafar, on Tuesday, sentenced Amiru Sani, Aliyu Umar and Bashar Dan-Inno, to life imprisonment for the r*pe of a 18 -year-old married deaf woman. The Prosecution Counsel, Barrister Faridah Muhammad, in her submission, said the convicts, who were facing two count charges of criminal ...
1 day ago · The judge stated that the prosecution had proved all the elements of carnal knowledge of the victim. ... who is an 18-year-old deaf woman, at her husband’s residence.
1 day ago · The criminal code was amended in 2005 to include same-sex acts between women, ... with five years for "indecent practices between males," or 14 years for "carnal knowledge against the order of ...
1 day ago · The Supreme Court has upheld the law which prohibits unnatural carnal knowledge. The court dismissed the legal challenge of the law in Section 104 (1) (b) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) brought by one Dr Obiri-Korang, a University of Ghana lecturer. The Supreme Court bench was presided ...
1 day ago · The judge stated that the prosecution had proved all the elements of carnal knowledge of the victim. “I am of the firm view that all the defendants conspired in perpetrating the act. Meanwhile, the convicts conspired and raped the victim, who is an 18-year-old deaf woman, at her husband’s residence,” he said.
1 day ago · The Kebbi High Court 7, sitting in Birnin Kebbi, presided over by Justice Shamsudeen Jafar, has sentenced three people to life imprisonment for raping an a 18-year-old married woman (deaf). The convicts are Amiru Sani, Aliyu Umar, and Bashar Dan-Inno from Wararin Zaromawa village. The prosecution counsel, Faridah Muhammad, in her submission ...
1 day ago · In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the constitutionality of the criminal law against unnatural carnal knowledge involving individuals aged sixteen and above. The decision reaffirms the legality of Section 104(1)(b) of the Criminal and Offences Act 1960 (Act 29), which had been contested by Dr. Obiri-Korang of the University of Ghana […]
