A 25-year-old man, Hassan Yusuf, has allegedly defiled a seven-year-old girl in the Ungwan Rimi area of Kaduna State.
NIGERIACRIME learnt that the crime was committed on March 25, 2023.
The suspect was arraigned before a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kaduna, who ordered on Thursday that the accused be remanded in a correctional centre pending legal advice.
Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel, who did not take Yusuf’s plea, ordered men of the Kaduna State Police Command to duplicate the case file and send the same to the office of the Kaduna Director of Public Prosecutions for advice.
The magistrate frowned at the high rate of rape of minors, while he also adjourned the case until May. 16 for hearing.
In his argument, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp Chidi Leo, told the court that the defendant defiled the minor.
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He said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 207 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017(as amended).
He said the defendant was apprehended by the police, and he confessed to have committed the offence.
Meanwhile, the Police Command in Lagos State, on Wednesday, arraigned a 37-year-old man, Omotosho Ifabiyi, for allegedly conducting himself in a manner likely to cause breach of peace by threatening the family of one Sanusi Jamiu.
The defendant, whose address is unknown, was brought before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court on a count charge of breach of public peace.
He pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Prosecutor, ASP. Clement Okuoimose, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Dec. 21, 2022, at No. 8/10 Sanusi Str, Muyanrin Ibiye area of Lagos.
Okuoimose said the defendant allegedly conducted himself in a manner likely to cause breach of peace by smoking hard drugs, threatening and harassing Jamiu’s family.
The prosecutor said the defendant was arrested and handed over to the Police for prosecution.
He said the offence contravened Section 168 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr Fadahunsi Adefioye, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in the like sum.
Adefioye said one of the sureties must be a blood brother, and the second must be a religious leader with two years’ tax receipts.
He adjourned the case until May 10 for mention.