RAPIST GETS TEN YEARS IMPRISONMENT SAYS “IT WAS A MISTAKE”

Babagana Mohammed has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after being found guilty of raping his best friend’s wife. The sentence was handed over by a high court in Maiduiguri, the state capital and it was established that the convict was in the habit of sexually assaulting married women.
According to reports from his community, Babagana had a reputation for forcing his way with married women until luck ran out on him, when he decided to rape the young wife of his best friend, whom he visited when her husband had travelled out of town.

According to the Registrar of the court, Barrister Sanda, ‘‘Babagana was sentenced in accordance with the provisions of Section 283 of the Penal Code of Nigeria. ‘‘Wakil, had, while pronouncing the judgement observed that the crime of rape has assumed a universal dimension and therefore people should be wary of associates and acquaintances with such evil tendencies’’. The judge described the convict as ‘‘A poacher of married women whose act is reprehensible and callous, he is hereby sentenced to 10 years in prison with hard labour’’.
In his defence, Babagana simply describes his act as ‘‘a mistake’’.