41-year-old arrested and jailed for raping and impregnating neighbour's 15yr old daughter

A Kaduna State Senior Magistrate court has ordered that a 41-year-old man identified as Yahaya Idris, be remanded in jail for raping and impregnating his neighbour’s 15-year-old daughter. According to the judge, Hajiya Falile Dikko Idris is to remain in jail until November 6, 2017 when his case would come up for mention.

The prosecuting counsel for the police, Inspector Sani Ado, told the court that Idris committed the offence at Gawa Village in the Bindawa Local Government Area of the state where the victim lived with her parents.

The victim's father Lawal Abubakar according to Ado, reported the incident to the police on September 23, prompting Idris’ arrest.

The prosecutor said by deceiving and raping the victim, who ended up being impregnated, Idris “committed an offence contrary to Section 283 of the Penal Code.’

The prosecutor however said investigation into the incident was in progress and requested for an adjournment.

The magistrate told Idris that the offence he was accused of was only triable at the high court, adding that he was only arraigned before the Magistrates’ Court “for cognisance purpose.” (Punch)