A Shari’a Court sitting in Kano, on Monday, ordered that a 17-year-old girl who pleaded guilty to sexual assault on a six-year-old girl be remanded in a correctional centre.
According to Vanguard the prosecutor, Mr Aliyu Abideen told the court that the defendant committed the offence about one week ago at Rangaza Quarters Kano.
The suspect who lives at Rangaza Quarters Kano, is charged with indecent assault.
Abideen alleged that the defendant lured the zix-year-old girl (who are tenants in the defendant house) to her grandmother’s room and sexually assaulted ber.
The victim, he said was taken to the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital Kano for medical examination.
According to the prosecutor, the offence contravened the provisions of Section 166 of Kano State Shari’a Law.
