The gang purportedly executed the crime after the complainants refused a marriage proposal by the prime accused, Sudheesh
In a series of decisive judgments, a special court in Kalaburagi handed a 25-year jail term to a prime accused for rape, while sentencing two other youths to three years of imprisonment each for abducting and sexually harassing the same 12-year-old survivor.
Nigerian security forces have rescued 39 schoolchildren and five teachers abducted nearly two months ago in Oyo state.
Following public outrage over the killings, the State Government handed over the case to the National Investigation Agency, which is yet to make any arrests
The attacks targeted a secondary school in the northeastern town of Lassa, in Borno State.