Incest! Court Remands Man for having sex with His Daughter

A Kano Magistrates’ Court has remanded one Ibrahim Mohammed, aged 56, accused of having sexual intercourse with his daughter since 2010 when she was just seven years.
Vanguard reports that Ibrahim, who lives at Hausawa Quarters Kano, is standing trial on a two-count charge of procuring minor and incest.

The prosecutor, Insp. Aluta Mijinyawa, told the court that the accused began to sexually assault the minor since the death of her mother in 2010 when she was just seven years old.

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Mijinyawa told the court that the girl, who is now 14 years old, having now grown up “to know what is good and bad,” resisted the father, who threatened to harm her.
According to Vanguard, the prosecutor told the court that the girl reported the father at Metro Police Station in Kano.

The prosecutor said that the offences contravened sections 275 and 390 of the penal code. The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

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Chief Magistrate Fatima Adamu ordered the remand of the accused person in prison custody and adjourned the case to Sept. 12, for further mention.
Vanguard reports further that a women group in Kano, Hotoro Women Development Association, said it would sponsor the education of the girl.

The association’s Project Manager, Dr Zainab Nagee, said they have asked the court to allow the girl be assigned to her grandmother, “to enable her resume normal life and go back to school, which we promise to sponsor.’’