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Nigeria death sentenceWednesday 7 November 2001
In the first case of its kind in Nigeria, an Islamic court in Sokoto has sentenced a 35 year old mother to death by stoning after she was convicted of adultery.

Safiyati Hussaini was convicted in the north western town of Gwadabawa on October 9th.
Jenni talks to the BBC's correspondent in Lagos, Dan Isaacs, about the stringent new Sharia morality laws which have been enforced in several northern Nigerian states.

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