The suspect lured the victim into his room and defiled her.
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State has ordered that a 28-year-old businessman, Sadiu Masaudu, should be remanded in a correction centre for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old girl.
Masaudu was charged by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) with rape, contrary to section 258 of the Kaduna State Penal Code.
The NSCDC prosecutor, Marcus Audu, told the court that the victim’s mother, Fatima Abdullahi, reported the matter at the Corp’s office in Kafanchan on July 17. Audu stated that the suspect lured the victim into his room at Zaria Street, Kafanchan and defiled her.
According to him, the girl was taken to the Salama Sexual Assault Referral Centre, Kafanchan and later reported to the NSCDC. The presiding judge, Samson Kwasu, declined to take the suspect’s plea for lack of jurisdiction to hear the matter.
Kwasu directed the prosecutor to forward the case file to the State Director of Public Prosecution for legal advice. He adjourned the matter until August 1 for further mention.