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Date Posted: 05:46:16 09/10/02 Tue

2 lovers to die by stoning

LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP)- An Islamic court in Northern Nigerian state of Niger has sentenced two lovers to death by stoning for adultery, state officials said yesterday.

Thirty-two-year-old Abmadu Ibrahim and his lover Fatima Usman were on MOnday found guilty of having sex outside marriage by the Upper Sharia court sitting in Niger state's New Gawu district, a justice ministry offcial told AFP.

The official said the offense is contrary to Islamic law (Sharia), which was reintroduced in the state in 2000. He said the two lovers had confessed to the crime and have 30 days to appeal the sentence.

August 30, 2002

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Re: Sharia in Nigeria	Olatunde	17:12:58 06/16/03 Mon