A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano State on Wednesday ordered a 35-year-old man, Sani Rabiu, to be remanded in a correctional facility for alleged sodomy.
The defendant, who lives at Kofar Waika Quarters Kano, is being charged with ‘unnatural’ offence.
The Prosecutor, Miss Asma’u Ado, informed the court that the defendant committed the offence on August 5th, at Kofar Waika Quarters, Kano.
Ado alleged that on the same date at about 10:30 a. m, the defendant deceived and lured a 10-year-old boy into his living room situated at Waika Quarters and had anal sex with him several times.
According to the prosecutor, the offence contravenes Section 284 of the Penal Code.
However, the defendant denied committing the offence.
Magistrate Mustapha Sa’ad-Datti ordered that the defendant be remanded in the correctional centre pending receipt of the State Director of Public Prosecutions’ advice.
Sa’ad-Datti adjourned the matter until September 6th, for further mention.
