A 28-year-old man, Alhassan Musa, on Wednesday
appeared in a Magistrates’ Court sitting at Audu Bako Secretariat, Kano, for
allegedly sexually abusing nine under-age boys.
Musa of Gwammaja Layin Jirgi, Kano, was charged
with unnatural offence, contrary to Section 284 of the Penal Code.
Prosecutor Suleiman Danladi had told the court
that parents of two of the abused minors, Ahmed Musbahu and Fatihu Hibbu,
jointly reported the matter on July 24.
Danladi said that on July 18, the accused person
lured the nine minors between the ages of 11 and 12 to defile them at separate
times.
He said, “Your Worship, from our investigation, the accused lured the minor
into his Shop at Gwammaja Layin Jirgi Quarters to have unlawful sex with each
of them through their anus.
“He had his way at different occasions to perform
the unlawful carnal knowledge of the children by offering them N100.”
The accused person pleaded not guilty to the
charge.
The Chief Magistrate, Muhammad Jibril, however,
remanded the accused in prison custody, and adjourned the case till Sept. 29
for mention.
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