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The police yesterday arraigned three farmers in a senior
magistrates’ court in Katsina for raping a 10-year-old girl. The accused are Yahuza
Musa, 20; Tasiu Abubakar, 20; and Sadiq Isyaku, 20.
Vanguard reports the
trio, who reside at Dakiya village in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina
State, appeared before Senior Magistrate Nafisa Bagiwa on one-count charge of
rape. The prosecutor, Insp.
Hashimu Musa, told the court that the accused committed the offence on June 11
at about 11.30 a.m.
He said the matter was
reported by one Isa Ali of Kitaki village in Safana Local Government Area at
Safana police division at noon on June 12. He added that the
complainant informed the police that his daughter, in company of her three
sisters went to purchase mango at Dakiya village.
The prosecutor said the
three accused accosted the sisters in the bush, where they held the hand of the
victim and pushed her to the ground.
He pointed out that Musa
held the hand of the victim, while Abubakar and Isyaku tore her skirt and pant
and had carnal knowledge of her one after the other.
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