Lagos - In a case that raised international concerns about human rights in Nigeria, a teenage mother found guilty by an Islamic court of pre-marital sex has been flogged 100 times, officials and witnesses said yesterday.
Ms Bariya Ibrahim Magazu, found guilty in September of the Islamic offence of "zina" or pre-marital sex, was taken early on Friday to the High Court in Tsafe and caned 100 times in front of a crowd of dozens of her neighbours, the deputy governor of Zamfara State said.