Man charged with defiling neighbour’s 7-yr-old daughter gets N50,000 bail

The police on Monday arraigned a 25-year-old man, Ibrahim Musa, in a Mararaba Upper Area Court, sitting in Nasarawa State for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s seven-year-old daughter. He was however admitted to bail in the sum of N50,000 by the court after pleading not guilty to the charge. Musa who resides in Mararaba, Nasarawa, is […]

The police on Monday arraigned a 25-year-old man, Ibrahim Musa, in a Mararaba Upper Area Court, sitting in Nasarawa State for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s seven-year-old daughter.

He was however admitted to bail in the sum of N50,000 by the court after pleading not guilty to the charge.

Musa who resides in Mararaba, Nasarawa, is being tried for procuration of a minor, an offence he denied committing.

The prosecutor, Sgt. Godwin Ejeh, told the court that the complainant, Mrs Thomas, on July 26 reported the matter at the “B” Division’s police station, Mararaba.

According to Ejeh, the complainant alleged that the defendant lured her seven years old daughter and had sex with her.

The judge, Ibrahim Shekarau, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N50,000 with one surety in like sum and adjourned the case till Oct. 16 for further hearing.

The matter was first mentioned in August during which the accused was initially denied bail, but remanded in a correctional centre in Keffi.