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Court remands butcher for alleged rape of 11-year-old boy in Kaduna
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday ordered that a 45-year-old butcher, Adamu Abdullahi, who allegedly raped a 11-year-old boy, be remanded in a correctional centre.
The police charged Abdullahi, who lives in Shooting Range Kabala Doki, Kaduna with unnatural offence.
Magistrate Hajara Dauda who did not take the plea of Abdullahi, ordered the police to return the case file to the Kaduna Director of Public Prosecution for legal advice.
Dauda adjourned the matter until Feb. 24 for mention.
Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Insp Sunday Baba, informed the court that Abdullahi committed the offence on Jan. 9, at his residence.
He said that Abdullahi lured the 11-year- old boy into his room and raped him.
Baba said that the offence contravened the provisions of Section 209 of the Kaduna State Penal Code, 2017.
-NAN
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