A Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, has ordered that a 28-year-old trader, Ham Ishaya, be remanded in a correction centre for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old girl.
Ishaya was charged by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) with rape, contrary to Section 258 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law.
The presiding judge, Mr Michael Bawa, did not take the plea of Ishaya for lack of jurisdiction to hear the matter.
Bawa directed the prosecutor to forward the case file to the State Director of Public Prosecution for legal advice.
He then adjourned the matter until October 24 for further mention.
Earlier, the NSCDC prosecutor, Mr Marcus Audu, told the court that Esther Peter of Marsa reported the matter at the corp’s office in Kafanchan on October 10.
Audu said Ishaya attacked the minor at a burial party where she was selling sugar cane.
He noted that the victim was taken to the Salama Sexual Assault Referral Centre for medical examination and thereafter referred to the NSCDC for investigation.
