Court remands man for raping 9-year-old neighbour
A Kaduna Chief Magistrate Court has ordered that a 32-year-old man, Francis Godwin, who allegedly defiled a nine-year-old girl, be remanded in prison custody pending legal advice.
The defendant was charged with defilement.
The magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, who did not take Mr. Godwin’s plea, ordered the police to duplicate the case file and send it to the Kaduna State Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice.
He adjourned the matter until March 2, for mention.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp. Chidi Leo, had told the court that the defendant committed the offence on February 10.
Mr. Leo said the defendant, the victim’s neighbour, called her on the pretence of sending her on an errand.
He stated that when the girl followed him to his room, he forcefully pushed her on the bed and defiled her.
The prosecutor added that the defendant was arrested when the girl told her mother she was raped.
The offence, according to Leo, contravenes 209 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017.
(NAN)
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