75-year-old man allegedly: A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, July 8 ordered that a 75-year-old man, Umar Isah, who allegedly sodomized a 10-year-old boy, be remanded in a correctional facility.
Isah, who lives on Kingshasha Road in Ungwan Rimi, Kaduna, was charged with unnatural offence by the police.
The Magistrate, Hajara Dauda, who did not hear Isah’s plea, ruled that the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the case.
Dauda directed that the case file be forwarded to the state Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice.
She postponed the case until July 13 for further consideration.
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Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Sunday Baba told the court that Isah committed the crime at his residence on July 4 at 1 p.m.
According to Baba, the defendant lured the boy into his room and sodomized him.
The prosecutor also stated that Isah confessed to the crime during the investigation.
He claimed that the offence violated Section 259 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017.
