May 15, 2026
By Favour Ulebor, Abuja
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has secured the conviction and life imprisonment of two security guards for repeatedly raping a young girl over a six year period in Abuja.
In a press statement on Friday, signed by the Head of Press and Public Relations Unit of NAPTIP, Vincent Adekoye, NAPTIP disclosed that the convicts, James Sule, 30, and Adamu Yau, 25, were sentenced to life imprisonment without an option of fine by Justice S.M. Mayana of the Federal Capital Territory High Court 46, Apo, Abuja.
The agency said the two men were prosecuted under the provisions of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act after investigations revealed that the victim, who was six years old when the abuse started in 2016, was repeatedly assaulted until the case was eventually reported in 2022.
