On Monday, a Kano State Shari’a court ordered the remand of a 17-year-old boy who had admitted to sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl.
Malam Nura Yusuf-Ahmad, the Khadi, ordered the boy’s continued detention until the outcome of the victim’s medical examination and postponed the boy’s punishment until August 2 in light of his guilty plea.
The girl, who was a tenant in the defendant’s home, was led into her grandmother’s room by the defendant around a week ago in the Rangaza Quarters of Kano, according to the prosecution, Mr. Aliyu Abideen, who earlier testified in court.
He stated that the victim had been transported to Kano’s Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital for a physical examination.