Adamu Abdulra’uf and Abdulkadir Wada were sentenced to 35 years in prison each by Bauchi State High Court 1 for causing serious hurt and attempting culpable homicide on a six-year-old girl.
Abdulra’uf, 20, and Wada, 21, were convicted and punished by Justice Rabi Umar after pleading guilty to the crime.
Earlier, Mr Sabiu Gumba, Prosecution Counsel, informed the court that the two defendants, Abdulrauf and Wada, were arraigned on a three-count charge of criminal conspiracy, causing severe hurt, and attempting to commit culpable homicide on Aug. 17, 2021.
The prosecution called four witnesses, including the victim’s father, while the defendants testified solely for themselves, with no other witnesses called.
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Gumba displayed the two knives used in the murder, as well as a vial containing the girl’s private parts and a chemical.
On December 30, 2020, the defendants were accused of strangling one Hauwa’u Ya’u in the state’s Jama’are Local Government Area.
Ya’u, who was six years old at the time, fainted before they cut off her private area for ritual purposes.
