Another Woman Faces Trial for Adultery in Sokoto

 A middle aged woman, Hafsatu Abubakar, is standing trial in Sokoto State for giving birth to a baby girl out of wedlock, NAN reported. Hafsatu, was reported to be facing the adultery charge at the popular sharia court 11, Sokoto.

The trial is taking place as the fate of yet another convicted adulteress, Safiya Tungar-Tudu, is being decided by the Sharia appellate court, Sokoto. Tungar-Tudu was initially sentenced to death by stoning by a Gwadabawa lower Sharia court for giving birth to a baby girl without a husband.

The suspect, Hafsatu, may face the same odeal as she stands the risk of being sentenced to death by stoning, since her case and Safiya's are similar.

Hafsatu was alleged to have been delivered of the baby girl in the Gwiwa area of Sokoto though she had no husband. NAN also learnt that Hafsatu is being accused of committing adultery, contrary to section 129 of the state's Shariah code.

The suspect pleaded guilty before the court at its sitting on Wednesday as she told the court that it was one Ummaru Shehu, who allegedly impregnated her, an allegation Shehu was said to have denied instantly. On cross-examination, the suspect said that she had never married.