A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano State on Tuesday ordered that a 72-year-old man, Abdulsalam Abubakar, who allegedly sodomized a 12-year-old boy be remanded in a correctional center, pending legal advice.
The police charged Abubakar, who resides in Jakara Quarters Kano, with the unnatural offense.
The Chief Magistrate, Mustapha Sa’ad-Datti, who did not take the plea of Abubakar, ordered the prosecutor to return the case file to the State Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice.
Sa’ad-Datti adjourned the case until March 24 for mention.
Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Asma’u Ado told the court that the complainant, Shamsiya Haruna, of the same address reported the case at Jakara Police Division Kano, on Feb.20.
Ado said Abubakar lured the 12-year-old boy into his house and sodomized him.
The prosecutor said that the offense contravened the provisions of Section 284 of the Penal Code.
