Nigeria sharia court condemns man to death for rape
LAGOS (Reuters) - A Nigerian sharia court has sentenced a 25-year-old herdsman to death by stoning after convicting him of raping two teenage girls in the northeastern state of Bauchi, the official news agency reported on Thursday.
Judge Aliyu Muhammad said he convicted Ade Debo after he confessed and four witnesses testified against him.
"Debo, for your action, you will be stoned to death as ordained by Allah in Chapter 2 of the Holy Koran," Muhammad was quoted as saying by the News Agency of Nigeria.
Debo has 30 days within which to appeal against the judgment, Muhammad said.
Bauchi is one of 12 northern Nigerian states that re-introduced strict punitive elements of Muslim sharia law in 2000 -- a decision that alienated Christian minorities in the states, causing thousands of killings.
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Thursday, May 17, 2007
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