An Upper Shari’a court sitting at Kofar Kudu in Kano state has sentenced a 70-year-old man, Mati Audu, to death by stoning after he was found guilty of defiling a 12-year-old girl.
During his trial, Mati, a resident of Falsa of Tsanyawa local government, confessed to committing the crime and accepted his punishment to be stoned to death.
In his ruling, the presiding judge, Abdullahi Sani Sarki Yola, said that Islamic teachings gave Audu the chance at three different court sittings to reverse his confession in order to save him from the punishment.
The accused admitted to his offence and accepted his punishment of death by stoning.
