Trader Allegedly Defiles Neighbour’s 5-year-old Girl
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano has ordered that a 20-year-old trader, Aminu Nazifi, who allegedly defiled a neighbour’s five-year-old daughter, be remanded in a Nigerian Correctional Service facility in Kano.
The police charged Nazifi, who resides in Gandu Quarters, Kano, is charged with rape, contrary to Section 283 of the Penal Code.
Idris adjourned the case until Feb.12, for further mention.
Earlier, the Prosecution counsel, Insp. Badamasi Gawuna, told the court that the complainant, Safiyanu Muhammad, reported the case at Sheka Police Division Kano, on Oct. 24, 2019.
Gawuna alleged that on Oct. 23, 2019, at about 5 p.m, Nazifi lured the complainant’s, a five-year-old daughter into his living room and defiled her.
The accused, however, denied committing the offence.
