Abdulkadir Salihu, 28 years-old and an auto mechanic is currently remanded in prison for allegedly abducting and raping a teenage girl for 5 days.
Senior Magistrate, Mrs. Joyce Abdulmalik of Lokoja Senior Magistrate Court 1 gave this order in her ruling during the arraignment of the accused on a two-count charge of kidnapping and rape offences said to be contrary to section 273 and 283 of the Penal Code Law.
The offence was said to have been reported by one Adama Ibrahim of Galilee Street, Lokoja at the ‘A’ Division Police headquarters and Department of Criminal Investigation, Lokoja on October 23.
Adama Ibrahim had alleged that on October 16, at about 1:25 pm, his niece (names withheld), aged 13, was sent to buy Okro from Adankolo New Layout Market, when the accused “enticed her into his house on Agbai Street.”
The accused, who he said did this without the consent of her guardian, also had carnal knowledge of the victim without her consent.
He added that Salihu went further to lock up the girl in his room from October 16 to 20 of same month, to enable him have unfettered access to her.
“During the period, he had sex with his captive severally before releasing her on October 20.
The prosecuting officer informed the court that investigation into the case was on going, and urged that the accused be remanded at the Koton-Karfe prisons, in view of the enormity of his offence.
In her ruling, Abdulmalik upheld the submission of the prosecution and ordered that the accused be remanded at the Medium Security Federal Prisons, Koton-Karfe and subsequently adjourned the case to November 10 for mention.
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