Court remands man for sodomising 9-year-old boy

A Kaduna magistrates’ court on Tuesday ordered the remand of a 27-year-old man, Haruna Mustapha, in a correctional facility for sodomising a nine-year-old boy. The defendant, who lives at Kinkinau, Kaduna, was charged with “unnatural” offence. Confusion as Ethiopia ‘bans’ visa on arrival for Nigerians NIGERIA DAILY: ‘How My In-laws Rejected Me Because I Was […]

Court remands man for sodomising 9-year-old boy

A Kaduna magistrates’ court on Tuesday ordered the remand of a 27-year-old man, Haruna Mustapha, in a correctional facility for sodomising a nine-year-old boy.

The defendant, who lives at Kinkinau, Kaduna, was charged with “unnatural” offence.

The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, who did not take the defendant’s plea, ordered the prosecutor to duplicate the case file and send a copy to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for legal advice and adjourned November 2.

Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Chidi Leo, informed the court that the defendant committed the offence on September 28. (NAN)