{{An Islamic court in northern Nigeria has sentenced a man to be stoned to death for raping a 13-year-old girl and infecting her with HIV.}}<\/p>\n
Such sentences under strict Sharia laws have been passed before but never carried out in Nigeria. Past sentences have been commuted to life in prison.<\/p>\n
The defendant, Ubale Sa’idu Dotsa, testified on Wednesday that the devil instigated him to have sex with the girl. <\/p>\n
The 63-year-old said he did not know he was infected with HIV, the virus that causes Aids.<\/p>\n
Dotsa argued that the teenager tempted him by visiting his shop often at night.<\/p>\n
Magistrate Faruk Ahmed ignored his plea for mercy. He said Dotsa was a married man who had committed adultery, which is punishable by death by stoning.<\/p>\n
– AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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