A married man, Abdullahi Idris has been sentenced to 14 years imprisoned for raping an 8-year-old girl.

High Court presided over by Justice Khadija Sulaiman slammed the jail term on Idris after finding him guilty of all the charges of rape against him.

The convict was also charged to pay fine to the victim.

Idris, was said to have had canal affairs with the minor after luring her on August 29, 2015 to an uncompleted building.

The judge passed the sentence after the prosecution counsels, Zainab Bala Sani and Maryam Muhammad Jibrin presented four witnesses while the convict defended himself.