A 14-year-old rape victim,
Abasiya Tukur has slashed the manhood of her attacker identified as Bishir Yau
with a razor blade while attempting to free herself from his grips in Katsina
State.
This was disclosed by police
prosecutor, Kabir Mohammed, while arraigning 30-year-old Yau before a Senior
Magistrate Court in Katsina State.
Yau of Yargase village in Kankara
local government area of the state was arraigned on a count charge of rape, on
Monday.
Mohammed told the court that Yau
had sometime last month allegedly lured Tukur who resides in the same house
with him, into a nearby uncompleted building, and “forcefully had unlawful
sexual intercourse with her.”
The prosecutor noted that the
offence was contrary to section 283 of Penal Code law.
The police, through its First
Information Report with number; KT/741X/17 , read to Yau’s hearing in court
said: “On struggling to get herself from him, She (the victim) brought out a
razor blade and cut his penis.”
Praying that the case be
adjourned as investigation was still in process, Mohammed said, “It is a case
of rape for mention.’’
Consequently, the Magistrate,
Hajiya Fadile Dikko adjourned the case to 19 July, 2017, for mention.
She also ordered that Yau be
remanded in police custody.
She said, “This court will not
ask you whether the allegation read and explained to you is true or false as
the offence of rape is only triable by the High Court.
After police investigation, your
case file would be taken to Ministry of Justice for legal advice. If a prima
facie case is established against you, then you will be tried at the High
Court.”
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