Yobe man gets seven years in jail for having sex with a minor

A 20-year-old man named Dauda Umaru has been sentenced to seven years in prison. He was found guilty of having sex with a minor.

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons shared this news in a statement on their official Facebook page on Wednesday.

Umaru was also ordered to pay N1.5 million. This includes N1 million into the Victim Trust Fund Account and N500,000 as compensation for the victim.

The statement said, “A Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, Court 2, presided over by Hon. Justice Aisha Y. Salihu, has convicted Dauda Umaru (20, male) for procuring and having sexual intercourse with a 16-year-old female victim, contrary to Section 16(1) of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015, as amended.

“He was sentenced to seven years in prison and ordered to pay N1,000,000 into the Victim Trust Fund Account and N500,000 as compensation to the victim.

“Failure to pay the fine will attract an additional seven months in prison.”