Usman Shehu Bashir has been sentenced to death by hanging by Kaduna State High Court sitting in Dogarawa Sabon Gari in Zaria on Wednesday for raping a two-year-old girl to death.
Justice Kabir Dabo, the Presiding Judge, said the convict had confessed to committing the offense, adding that relying on Section 221of the Penal Code, he was sentencing him to death by hanging.
This case had started on the 23 March 2015 and has lasted for five solid years.
Justice Dabo said that the convict took the late Fatima to his room and for about 40 minutes, he raped her which led to her death.
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