Man bathes girl with hot oil
A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court , Abuja , on Thursday sentenced one Audu Alhassan to five months imprisonment for bathing a young girl with hot oil .
The judge , Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq , who convicted Alhassan , advised him to “ learn to control his temper. ”
Sadiq , who advised the convict to desist from committing crimes in the future , added that the sentence would serve as a deterrent to other would be offenders .
Alhassan, who resides at Karmo village , was convicted on a two -count of criminal intimidation and causing hurt.
The convict , who pleaded guilty to the charge, begged the court to temper justice with mercy, saying that he did not know what came over him .
The Prosecutor , Florence Avhioboh , had told the court that the victim ’ s mother , Mrs Safiya Mohammed, reported the matter at the Karmo Police Station on Oct . 16.
Avhioboh said the complainant said she sent her daughter to dispose waste at the refuse dump when the convict started intimidating her.
The convict , who was said to have threatened to kill the victim and her entire family , made good his threat and poured hot groundnut oil on the girl.
Avhioboh said during police investigation the convict confessed to the crime .
The prosecutor said the offence contravened Sections397 and 253 of the Penal Code .
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