A 20-year-old man, Dauda Umaru, has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment for procuring and having sexual intercourse with a minor.

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, disclosed the judgment in a statement shared on its official Facebook page on Wednesday.

According to the statement, a Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, Court 2, presided over by Hon. Justice Aisha Y. Salihu, convicted Dauda Umaru, 20, male, for procuring and having sexual intercourse with a 16-year-old female victim, contrary to Section 16(1) of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015, as amended.

The court sentenced him to seven years’ imprisonment and ordered him to pay N1.5 million, comprising N1 million into the Victim Trust Fund Account and N500,000 as compensation to the victim.

The statement read, “He was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment and ordered to pay N1,000,000 into the Victim Trust Fund Account and N500,000 as compensation to the victim. Failure to pay the fine will attract an additional seven months’ imprisonment.”

PUNCH Metro had earlier reported that NAPTIP also secured the conviction of 37-year-old Fatima Sanda, who was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for procuring a 16-year-old girl for sexual exploitation.

NAPTIP also disclosed that the presiding judge, Justice Aisha Ndume of the High Court of Justice, Court 10, ordered Sanda to pay N500,000 in compensation to the victim.

Credit: Punch Newspapers