Tambuwal’s Aide’s Son, Two Others Jailed For Circulating Lady’s Nude Video

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Sokoto on Tuesday sentenced Aminu Hayatau Tafida, a son of the Special Adviser on Social Investments to Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State, and two others to four years and six-month imprisonment for circulating the nude video of a lady they raped.

Following the sexual act in 2017 the convicts then circulated the nude video a development that led to the termination of the lady’s proposed wedding in 2020..

Sentenced along with Yahatu-Tafida, were Umar Abubakar and Mas’ud Gidado, all residents of Sokoto.

The court  found them guilty of abatement, sale/circulation of obscene books, obscene and indecent act.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the convicts were first arraigned on Oct. 5, 2020.

The offences contravened the Penal Code, Laws of Sokoto State.

The prosecutor, ASP Samuel Sule, earlier told the court that the case was reported by a resident of Bardon Barade, Sokoto (name withheld).

Sule said that Hayatu-Tafida (a.k.a. Baffa), sometime in 2017, lured a 16-year-old daughter of the complainant to the Phoenix Guest Inn, had unlawful carnal knowledge of her and recorded her nudity in an 18-second video clip.

According to him,  Hayatu-Tafida, a son of Governor Tambuwal’s aide conspired with the others and circulated the nude video on social media.

He added that the acts resulted in the termination of the victim’s wedding scheduled to take place in October 2020.

In his judgement, Chief Magistrate Shu’aibu Ahmad, said that he considered the convicts’ plea for leniency, adding that they were first-time offenders.

Ahmad sentenced the convicts to two years’ imprisonment each  for  obscene and indecent act, with an option N200,000 fine.

He sentenced them to  two years’ imprisonment each for sale and circulation of obscene materials, and six months’ imprisonment each for abatement, with  N50,000 fine option for each of the offences.

He hoped that  the sentences would  serve as a deterrent to others.

Ahmad also ordered each of the convicts to pay N100,000 to the complainant as compensation. (NAN)

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