A Magistrate court sitting in Kano state on Tuesday arraigned one Habibu
Yuguda for sexually molesting four teenage girls.
The prosecutor, Inspector Shuaibu Musa, told the court that three
complainants, Yusuf Musa, Abdullahi Yahaya and Yahuza Sale reported the
matter at the Gezawa Police Division in the state.
The prosecutor said, “Yuguda, a resident of Kofar Fada village, near Kano,
lured the complainants’ daughters, aged 11 and 12 years and had carnal
knowledge of them.
The accused gave them a ride in his car and took them to his house at
Kofar Fada village where he committed the said act after which he gave
them N50 each.
“When the victims were taken to the Gezawa General Hospital, medical
results confirmed the defilement,” the prosecutor added, noting that the
offence contravenes Sections 283 of the Penal Code.
Yuguda pleaded not guilty.
The presiding judge, Hajiya Maryam Sabo, ordered that the accused be
remanded in prison custody while the case till July 19 for trial.