17-year-old girl remanded for sexual assault on 6-year-old
A Shari’a Court in Kano remanded a 17-year-old girl on Monday after she pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl.
The minor, who resides at Rangaza Quarters in Kano, has been charged with indecent assault.
The presiding judge, Malam Nura Yusuf-Ahmad, ordered her remand in a correctional facility until the medical report on the victim is obtained.
The court adjourned the matter until August 2, for sentencing, following a guilty plea entered by the 17-year-old girl.
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Earlier, the Prosecutor, Mr Aliyu Abideen told the court that the defendant committed the offence about one week ago at Rangaza Quarters Kano.
Abideen alleged that the defendant lured the six-year-old girl (who are tenants in the defendant’s house) to her grandmother’s room and sexually assaulted her.
The victim, he said, was taken to the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital Kano for medical examination.
According to the prosecutor, the offence contravened the provisions of Section 166 of Kano State Shari’a Law.
