Abia records swift rape convictions, jails child defilers for 30, 10 years
…State also records one of Nigeria’s lowest maternal mortality rates By Steve Oko UMUAHIA — The Abia State Government says it has secured what it described as the fastest rape convictions within Nigeria’s Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) network, with two child defilement cases ending in prison sentences of 30 and 10 years.
Health sector gains The state government also announced that Abia recorded one of the lowest maternal mortality rates in Nigeria, a development it attributed to ongoing investments in the health sector.
Felix said one of the convicts, a 35-year-old man from Akwa Ibom residing in Aba, was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment for defiling a five-year-old girl from Imo State.
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