A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano has ordered the remand of a 65-year-old man, Umar Yakubu, for allegedly defiling five minors.
The suspect, who lives at Rijiyar Lemo Quarters, Kano, was arraigned on Friday on a one count charge of defilement.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty.
According to the prosecutor, Maryam Jibrin, the defendant committed the offence in February and March at Rijiyar Lemo Quarters, Kano.
She alleged that the defendant, on different occasions, deceived and lured five minors, aged 12 to 13, into an uncompleted building at Rijiyar Lemo Quarters and had sexual intercourse with them.
The prosecutor said that defilement contravened Section 283 of the Penal Code.
Chief Magistrate Auwal Yusuf-Suleiman ordered that the defendant should be kept in a correctional centre and adjourned the case until April 28 for mention.