A 23-YEAR-OLD man has become the first victim of strict Islamic law in Nigeria’s Katsina state when he was publicly given 100 cane strokes for fornication, local radio reported. An Islamic court in Malunfashi town ordered the flogging of Lawal Sada for impregnating an 18-year-old girl out of wedlock. In addition, Sada will serve a one-year jail term for the same offence under the Islamic law, also known as Sharia, which officially came into force on August 1. The girl has yet to be sentenced. – AFP