Conviction Islamic institutions and contexts Quranic-school and daara systems Kontagora, Niger State, Nigeria · 2019

Nigeria: Islamic school teacher sentenced to seven years for the anal rape of thirty-five pupils

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Islamic school teacher

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Abdullahi's role as the pupils' Islamic teacher gave him routine, unsupervised access to children placed in his instructional care by their families for religious education, which he used systematically over several months to lure 35 boys individually into his room.

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Proceedings

2019-08-05 · trial and sentencing

Chief Magistrates' Court, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria. Magistrate Hauwa Yusuf convicted Abubakar Abdullahi, 33, on a guilty plea to an unnatural offence contrary to section 284 of the Penal Code, and sentenced him to seven years' imprisonment with hard labour, with an option of a N2 million fine after the first four years.

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institutional authority as the pupils' Islamic teacher, used to lure them individually into his room over several months

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national press sentencing report Premium Times, 'Islamic teacher jailed seven years for raping 35 boys' (5 August 2019).: Reports that a Minna Chief Magistrates' Court sentenced Abubakar Abdullahi, 33, a resident of Sabon Gari, Kontagora, to seven years' imprisonment for anal rape of 35 of his pupils, aged 9 to 14, lured individually into his room between March and July that year. States he pleaded guilty and was sentenced under section 284 of the Penal Code (unnatural offence), with an option of a N2 million fine after four years served.
national press sentencing report Tribune Online, 'Islamic teacher jailed 7yrs for anal sex with 35 boys in Niger' (5 August 2019).: Corroborates the conviction, guilty plea, and sentence, confirming the pupils were lured into the teacher's room on separate occasions.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/344940-islamic-teacher-jailed-seven-years-for-raping-35-boys.html Corpus classification: national-press; evidentiary role: sentencing-report. SHA-256 a21531bf8652575e9e8df3bd020d52b08b7a9a6eae09f08a805d404df6e96677
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Source and tier basis: https://tribuneonlineng.com/islamic-teacher-jailed-7yrs-for-anal-sex-with-35-boys-in-niger/ Corpus classification: national-press; evidentiary role: sentencing-report. SHA-256 c43a5f3f4102b4ffad86ed6872b73db0d78983ae67182eb661c20225fdcaac06
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