Army corporal sentenced to 4 years in imprisonment for defiling 11 years old girl

For ‎defiling an 11-year old girl, Corporal Isah Ahmed of the Nigerian Army Headquarters Garrison would do four years in jail, the Supreme Court has held.

The court in a unanimous judgment of five justices upheld the conviction and four years jail sentence handed to the soldier Ahmed at a General Court Marshal.

He was charged with having carnal knowledge of the 11-year old (name withheld) between January 4 and March 5, 2005.

At the end of its sitting, the Court Marshal, in its judgment on August 29, 2005 found Ahmed guilty of the charge and sentenced him to four years imprisonment.