A 17-year-old girl on Monday pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl before a Shari’a Court sitting in Kano.
The Presiding Judge, Malam Nura Yusuf-Ahmad, ordered the remand of the minor pending the medical report on the victim.
The Judge also adjourned the matter until August 2 for sentencing, following a guilty plea entered by the 17-year-old minor.
The Prosecutor, Mr Aliyu Abideen told the court that the defendant committed the offence about one week ago at Rangaza Quarters Kano.
Abideen alleged that the defendant lured the six-year-old girl who are tenants in the defendant’s house to her grandmother’s room where she was sexually assaulted.
The Prosecutor told the court that the victim was taken to the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital Kano for medical examination.
He stated that the offence contravened the provisions of Section 166 of Kano State Shari’a Law.
