Rapist Bags Life Imprisonment in Jigawa, Fined N1m
By: Ahmed Aminu, Dutse
The Jigawa State High Court sitting in Birninkudu has sentence one Bashir A Umar to life imprisonment after being found guilty of raping a nine-year-old girl in Galamawa area of Dutse, the state capital.
The judge, Justice Musa Ubale found the accused guilty of the two-count charge of rape and causing grievous bodily harm.
Justice Ubale added that having found the accused guilty the court convicted and sentenced him to life imprisonment on the first count and seven years on the second.
He is also to N1 million as restitution to the girl.
The court ordered the state Ministry of Justice to include Bashir A Umar’s name in the Naming and Shaming Registrar of Sexual Offenders.
Meanwhile the Jigawa State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Barrister Bello AbdulKadir Fanini, who prosecuted the case, commended the life sentence, describing it as a victory for justice and the rule of law.
In a press statement made available to The Syndicate in Dutse, the commissioner recalled that the case came to light in early 2025, prompting swift action by the Jigawa State Government under Governor Umar Namadi.
“While the culprit was promptly charged to court, the victim, who suffered severe physical and psychological trauma, was provided with medical treatment and rehabilitation by the government,” he said.
He added that the state, in collaboration with the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, and the First Lady of Jigawa State, Hajiya Hadiza Umar Namadi, facilitated the relocation of the victim’s family to a furnished three-bedroom house in Dutse.
