A senior magistrate’s court has
remanded a 28-year-old mechanic, Abdulkadir
Salihu, in prison custody for allegedly
abducting and raping a teenage girl for five
days.
Mrs Joyce Abdulmalik of Lokoja Senior
Magistrate Court 1 gave the order, yesterday,
in her ruling on arraignment of the accused in
Lokoja.
The accused was arraigned on a two-count
charge of kidnapping and rape, being offences
contrary to Sections 273 and 283 of the Penal
Code Law.
Prosecuting police officer, Corporal Ubi Ubana,
told the court that one Adama Ibrahim of
Galilee Street, Lokoja reported the matter at
the ‘A’ Division Police headquarters and
Department of Criminal Investigation, Lokoja
on October 23.
According to him, 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.”
Trend perch gathered that the accused, who he said did this without the consent of her guardian, also had carnalknowledge 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 for several times before releasing her
on October 20,” he said.
Ubana who told the court that investigation
into the case was ongoing, and urged it to
remand the accused in 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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