A 28-year-old shop owner was on Wednesday arraigned before a Magistrates’ Court sitting at Audu Bako Secretariat, Kano, for allegedly defiling nine boys.
Alhassan Musa of Gwammaja Layin Jirgi, Kano, was charged with unnatural offence, contrary to Section 284 of the Penal Code.
Prosecutor Suleiman Danladi told the court that parents of two of the abused children, Ahmed Musbahu and Fatihu Hibbu, jointly reported the matter to the police on July 24.
Danladi said that on July 18, the accused person lured the nine minors between the ages of 11 and 12 to defile them at separate times.
“Your Worship, from our investigation, the accused lured the minor into his Shop at Gwammaja Layin Jirgi Quarters to have unlawful sex with each of them through their anus.
“He had his way at different occasions to perform the unlawful carnal knowledge of the children by offering them N100. The accused person pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Chief Magistrate, Muhammad Jibril, however, remanded him in prison custody, and adjourned the case till Sept. 29 for mention.
