Adelani Adepegba, AbujaJustice Hassan Babangida of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Jabi, Abuja has sentenced a civil servant, Francis Kyamang, to life imprisonment for raping his wife’s niece and assaulting the victim after the act. The 37-year old who resides in SS Quarters, Jikwoyi, Abuja, was convicted under the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act which is applicable within the FCT. Head, Press and Public Relations Unit, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Tella Nezan disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. The statement said, “He further went ahead to ask if she had a boyfriend in the village. All her efforts to scream and alert neighbours were abortive as he used a cloth to cover her mouth.

Source: Punch January 29, 2020 15:00 UTC