A 3-year-old girl has been raped to death by her parents
neighbour, 50-year-old, father of seven, Abdullahi Sani, who was on Thursday arraigned
before a Katsina State Senior Magistrates’ Court for allegedly rape.
Sani, a labourer who resided at Jabiri Quarters, Funtua, was
said to have allegedly committed the offence on October 12, 2017.
He is facing rape and culpable homicide charges which the
police said were contrary to sections 283 and 221 of the Penal Code Law.
The police, in the first First Information Report read out
in court on Thursday by the prosecutor, Inspector Sani Ado, said, “Sani called
the victim who was three years old and of the same address and took her to an
uncompleted building, covered her mouth and raped her. In the process, she died
instantly.”
The prosecutor told the court that Sani and the victim’s
father, Ibrahim Abdullahi, lived in the same house at Jabiri Quarters, Funtua.
He said investigation was ongoing and requested for an
adjournment.
The presiding magistrate, Abdulkadiri Umar, ordered that
Sani should be remanded in the prison custody till December 18, 2017 when the
case would come up for mention before a senior magistrate, Falile Dikko.
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