A sharia court in Kano has sentenced a 63 year old man to death by stoning after he raped a 12 year old student and infected her with the HIV bug.
The convict, Ubale Saidu Dotsa, confessed to have raped her at Dotsa village in Kumbotso, a suburb of Kano, after inducement.
He was found guilty by the court due to the overwhelming evidence against him.
Vanguard reports Ubale is said to being living with HIV in the last two years. He lost his first and second wives to same virus in 2011. According to record before the court, the wives died in six month interval.
Delivering the judgment, Khadi Faruq Ahmed further ordered that N36 million be paid as compensation to the parents of Hauwa Mohammed if their daughter eventually dies.