Court remands 19 year-old boy in prison for allegedly raping 6-year-old girl

By our corespondent

A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court presided by Magistrate Lukman Sidi on Wednesday ordered that a 19-year-old labourer, Bashiru Ibrahim, who allegedly defiled a six-year-old girl, be remanded in a correctional facility, pending legal advice.

Sidi who refused to take the plea of Ibrahim, ordered the police to return the case file to the Kaduna State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice.

“Because of the sensitivity of the case, it is difficult to grant bail, the case file should be duplicated and sent to the office of the DPP for advice,” he said and adjourned the case until November 12 for  further hearing.

The defendant who is a resident of Jere in Kaduna, is being tried for alleged unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.

The Prosecution counsel, Insp. Chidi Leo, told the court that the matter was transferred to Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (CIID) from Jere Kaduna on September 29.

Leo said that in the course of investigation, the defendant voluntarily confessed to committing the crime,adding that the offence contravenes the provisions of Section 209 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law 2017.