July 10, 2023

A Shari’a Court sitting in Kano, on Monday, ordered that a 17-year-old girl who pleaded guilty to sexual assault on a six-year-old girl be remanded in a correction centre.

The teenager who lives at Rangaza Quarters Kano, is charged with indecent assault.

The Presiding Judge, Malam Nura Yusuf-Ahmad, ordered the remand pending medical report on the victim.

He adjourned the matter until Aug.2 , for sentencing, following a guilty plea entered by the 17-year-old girl.

Earlier, the Prosecutor, Mr Aliyu Abideen told the court that the defendant committed the offence about a week ago at Rangaza Quarters Kano.

Abideen alleged that the defendant lured the six-year-old girl (who are tenants in the defendant 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.(NAN)