Tailor defiles 11-yr-old girl, gave her N20

A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court yesterday remanded a 52-yearold tailor in prison custody over alleged defilement of an 11-year-old girl.

Abbas Saminu, whose business address was given as Hausawa Mandawari Quarters, Kano, is facing a charge of rape, to which he pleaded not guilty.

Chief Magistrate Muhammad Jibril ordered that the accused be remanded in prison custody pending receipt of legal advice on the case by the State Director of Public Prosecutions.

Jibril subsequently adjourned the case till Sept. 19 for further A 24-year-old housekeeper was on Tuesday remanded in Kirikiri Prisons, Lagos, after she pleaded guilty to stealing her employer’s gold worth N10 million.

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, which gave the ruling, directed that the convict should be kept behind bars pending sentence.

Abosede Owofolabi, who resides with her employer, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing.

Earlier, the Prosecutor, Sgt. Michael Unah, told the court that the accused committed the offences with others still at large between Aug. 19 and Aug. 20 at the residence of the complainant. mention.

Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Pogu Lale, told the court that the mother of the victim (name withheld) reported the case at Gwale Police Division, Kano, on July 26. Lale said the complainant claimed that on July 25 at about 12.20p.m, the accused lured her 11-year-old daughter into his shop and forcefully had unlawful sexual intercourse with her.

“The accused gave the girl N20 after defiling her,” the prosecutor said. Lale said the offence contravened Section 283 of the Penal Code. (NAN)

Unah said the accused stole the jewellery valued at N10 million, property of her employer, Mrs Bukola Babatola.

He said the accused entered the room of the complainant and stole the jewellery. “All attempts to recover the stolen items from her is to no avail,” he said. The offences contravened Sections 287 (7) and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised). The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Section 287 (7) stipulates a seven-year jail term for stealing, while Section 411 provides two years for conspiracy. The Magistrate, Mr A. A. Fashola, fixed Sept. 6 for sentence. (NAN)