Aminu Hayatu Tafida, Umar Abubakar and Mas’ud Abubakar Gidado, to four years imprisonment for circulating the nude video of a bride to be in 2017.
Aminu is the son of Hayatu Tafida, the special adviser to Sokoto’s Gov Aminu Tambuwal.
In his verdict, Sokoto’s Chief Magistrate Shu’aibu Ahmad noted that the defendants were first time offenders who have just realised the consequences of their action.
So they were given an option of N400,000 fine.
“I consider the passionate pleas of each of the Defence counsels and the need to safeguard the society from this kind of act.”
“On the obscene and indecent act, each of the defendants will pay N200,000 fine in default they will spend two years in prison. On the sale of obscene book, each of them will pay N50,000 fine or two years imprisonment.
“On the abetment, each of them will pay N50,000 fine in default six months imprisonment,” Ahmad averred.
The magistrate also ruled that each of the defendants should pay N100,000 to the complainant as compensation.
“Hoping that, this judgement will serve as deterrent to others,” he said
He gave their counsels the right to appeal against judgement .