Three men sentenced to death by hanging for rape in Kaduna

Three men have been convicted and sentenced to death by hanging over rape in Kaduna.

The men were convicted for the rape charges between June 2024 and February 2025.

Speaking in an interview on Monday, Rabi Salisu, the commissioner for human services and social development in Kaduna, identified the convicts as John Moses, Yakubu Mohammed, and Mustapha Musa.

Salisu said the convictions would serve as a deterrent to others.

“The ministry secured a conviction on the 7th day of June 2024 before Hon. Justice Nana in KDH/KAD/57c/2023; State Vs. John Moses, wherein the defendant was convicted on a two counts charge of rape and incest under Section 258 1 of the penal code law 2017 as amended and sentenced to death by hanging and surgical castration,” the commissioner said.

“The ministry also secured a conviction on the 6th day of February 2025 before Hon. Justice B.Yusuf in KDH/KAD/69c/2023; State Vs. Yakubu Mohammed, wherein the defendant was convicted on a two counts charge of rape under section 258( 1) of the penal code law 2017 as amended and sentenced to death by hanging and surgical castration.

“The ministry again secured another conviction on the 24th day of February 2025 before Hon. Justice Isa Aliyu in KDH/KAD/66c/2021; State Vs. Mustapha Musa, wherein the defendant was convicted on a two counts charge of rape under Section 258 of the Penal Code Law and sentenced to life imprisonment.”