Court Remands Labourer Over Rape

An Ilorin
Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday remanded one Bashiru Sha’adu, 18, over allegations of rape.
Sha’adu, a labourer who lives at Kuntu Area of Ilorin, is facing a two-count charge of Criminal Conspiracy and Rape.
The Prosecutor, Cpl. Sanni Abdullahi, told the court that the accused conspired with four others, now at large, and raped a teenager.
He also said that the accused was arrested on October 31, for attacking the girl at the back of Government High School, Adeta Area of Ilorin.
The prosecutor said the offence was contrary to and punishable under sections 97 and 283 of the Penal Code Law.
The accused pleaded not guilty.
The prosecutor, however, objected to bail for the accused, and urged the court to remand him in prison custody till the next adjourned date.
The Magistrate, Mrs Mariam Magaji, upheld the submission of the prosecutor.
She ordered that the accused be remanded at the Oke-Kura prison in Ilorin.
Magaji adjourned the case till November 28 for further mention.