Justice Nana Fatimah Jibrin, the Presiding Decide of Bauchi State Excessive Court docket No. 11, has sentenced Jalaludeen Zakari, a head instructor in Burra, Ningi Native Authorities Space of the state, to 11 years in jail for sexually assaulting a 6-year-old lady.
The lady had been on the college for an admission screening however Zakari detained her for hours after official college closing hours.
Barrister Dayabu Ayuba, the prosecuting counsel and a state counsel with the Bauchi State Ministry of Justice, who disclosed this throughout an interview with newsmen on Tuesday, January 2, 2023, mentioned the convict inserted his finger into the lady’s non-public elements.
Ayuba mentioned that throughout the trial, three witnesses, together with the sufferer, testified earlier than the court docket.
“The perpetrator requested his sufferer to remain again, dismissing all different pupils with out offering a cause for her prolonged keep. Whereas she was left behind, the assailant subjected her to sexual assault, an act equal to rape in authorized phrases,” he mentioned.
Ayuba mentioned that the sentencing occurred in July of this 12 months after Jalaludeen pleaded with the court docket for leniency.