NIGERIA: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO STONING

a high court in Jigawa State has sentenced a 25-year-old man to death for raping a 76-year-old woman to death, while a Sharia court in Bauchi has ordered the amputation of the right hand of a man for stealing domestic items estimated at N19,800.00. Also, a Sharia court in Bauchi State has sentenced a 35-year-old man to death by stoning after admitting making love 13 times to his friend´s wife. Yunusa Rafin Chiyawa, father of two was sentenced to death by stoning after confessing that he made love to his friend´s wife in Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The convict admitted smuggling a four-month-old pregnant house wife, Aisha Haruna, 25, of Rafin Chiyawa village in Ningi Local Government to Alkaleri, where he had marathon sex with her.In spite of several adjournments by the court to enable the convict make a rethink, Yunusa repeatedly insisted that he committed the offence. Aisha, however, escaped the punishment of stoning, after swearing with the Holy Qur´an that she was hypnotised by Yunusa throughout her stay with him in Alkaleri.