A 42 year old woman, Mrs Martha Waziri, has been sentenced to 8 months in prison after being found guilty of aborting her daughter’s three month old pregnancy.
According to Tribune, Mrs Waziri was found guilty of a two-count charge brought against her by the authorities of the state Police Command, after a complaint was lodged at the Kafin- Koro Divisional Headquarters by the complainant, who was said to have impregnated her daughter.
The complainant, one Mr Stephen Dauda, claimed he had paid the dowry of the lady, said to be 19-year-old, whom he described as his fiance and had sexual intercourse with her which resulted into a pregnancy and which was terminated by the accused.
On the observation that his fiance had terminated the pregnancy, Mr Dauda requested to know what led to the termination of the pregnancy and she allegedly responded by telling him that her mother was responsible for it.
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