Bizman remanded for allegedly sodomising 6-yr-old boy

A 37-year-old businessman, Abdul’aziz Abdullahi, was on Wednesday remanded by a chief magistrate court sitting in Kano for allegedly sodomising a six-year-old boy. The accused, of Yakasai Quarters Kano, however pleaded not guilty to the one count charge of unnatural offence. The prosecutor, Insp. Pogu Lale, told the court that a complainant (name withheld) of […]

A 37-year-old businessman, Abdul’aziz Abdullahi, was on Wednesday remanded by a chief magistrate court sitting in Kano for allegedly sodomising a six-year-old boy.

The accused, of Yakasai Quarters Kano, however pleaded not guilty to the one count charge of unnatural offence.

The prosecutor, Insp. Pogu Lale, told the court that a complainant (name withheld) of the same address reported the case at Hisbah Board Sharada Kano, on November 4.

Lale alleged that on November 3, at about 8pm, the accused deceived and lured the complainant’s six-year-old son to his room situated at Yakasai Quarters Kano, and sodomised him.

He noted that the offence contravened Section 284 of the penal code. Chief Magistrate Muhammad Jibril thereafter ordered that the accused be remanded at a correctional facility. He adjourned the case till December 24 for further mention. (NAN)