A 35-year-old man, Ezekiel Daniel, was on Thursday charged before a Daura Road Chief Magistrates’ Court, Kaduna, for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s six-year-old daughter.
The Magistrate, Mrs Zainab Mohammed, ordered that Daniel be kept behind bars pending advice from the state Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the court did not take the plea of the defendant as the prosecution prayed for his remand pending DPP’s advice.
The case has been adjourned until Jan 18, for DPP’s advice.
The defendant, a resident of Kinkinau Area of Kaduna metropolis, is standing trial on a one-count charge of defilement.
The Prosecutor, Insp. Sunday Baba, told the court that the defendant’s neighbour, Chinyere Ebuka, reported the matter at the Gabasawa Police Station on Dec. 15.
Baba said that the defendant lured the 6-year-old girl into his room on the same date and had canal knowledge of her.
He said that the defendant was caught in the act by neighbours when the girl was crying out of pain.
He added that during police investigation the defendant confessed to have committed the crime.
The offence contravened Section 260 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017.