A Shari’a Court 1 in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, has sentenced a 19-year-old man, Dahiru Usman, to one month in a correctional facility for assaulting a sex worker.
Presiding judge Kabir Muhammad also gave the accused an option to pay a fine and ordered him to compensate the victim, Zainab Idris, with ₦70,000. Failure to do so would result in a 12-month jail term.
According to the prosecutor, ASP Luka Sadau, the incident occurred on January 15 when Idris, a resident of Kigo Road New Extension, reported the assault to the Sabon Gari Police Station.
“That on the same date, at about 2:30 pm, you and Zainab agreed to meet in a hotel room located at Constitution Road for full-time service at the rate of N10,000.
“While you are in the hotel room, you had an argument and you, Dahiru started beating her and hit her with a hammer on the head which results to her sustaining injury,” he said.
The prosecutor presented the hammer which was recovered as an exhibit, praying the court to punish the accused accordingly and order him to pay N70,000 compensation.
The accused pleaded guilty to the offence bordering on assault and causing harm.