Court remands teenager for sodomising 9-year-old boy

A Kano chief magistrates’ court on Wednesday ordered that a 17-year-old boy, who allegedly sodomised a nine-year-old boy, should be remanded in a correctional centre.  The minor, who lives at Kofar Mata Quarters Kano, is charged with unnatural offence.  The Chief Magistrate, Auwal Yusuf-Suleiman, ordered the police to return the case file to the Kano Directorate […]

A Kano chief magistrates’ court on Wednesday ordered that a 17-year-old boy, who allegedly sodomised a nine-year-old boy, should be remanded in a correctional centre.

 The minor, who lives at Kofar Mata Quarters Kano, is charged with unnatural offence.

 The Chief Magistrate, Auwal Yusuf-Suleiman, ordered the police to return the case file to the Kano Directorate of Public Prosecution for legal advice.

 Yusuf-Suleiman adjourned the matter until Jan. 11, 2022 for further mention.

 Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Mr Kabiru Nafi’u, informed the court that the minor committed the offence on Nov.1, at Rimin Kebe Quarters, Kano.

 He said at about 5:00 pm, the minor lured the nine-year- old boy into an uncompleted building in Rimin Kebe Quarters and sodomised him.

 Nafi’u said that the offence contravened Section 284 of the Penal Code. (NAN)