Grant Me Bail, I Won’t Rape Again, 37-Yr-Old Begs Court

A 37-year-old student, Ayuba Musa alleged to have raped two minors has pleaded to be granted bail after a Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State on Tuesday ordered for his remand in a correctional facility.

The court gave the order pending legal advice.

Musa, who is a student was charged by the police with defilement contrary to Section 257 of the Kaduna State Penal Code law, 2017.

Counsel to Musa, David Adudu of the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria, applied for his client’s bail under Section 36 of the 1999 Constitution, but the prosecution objected to it.

Adudu argued that his client would provide reasonable sureties and will not commit another offence if granted bail.

Magistrate Abdulazeez Ibrahim, who did not take the plea of Musa due to lack of jurisdiction, ordered that he be remanded in the Kafanchan Correctional Centre.

Ibrahim ordered the police to return the case file to the Kaduna State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice.

Ibrahim adjourned the case until March 2 for the DPP advice.

Earlier, the state counsel, Mathias Joseph, alleged that Musa lured two girls,an 11 year and 13 year old into his room at Garaje and defiled them.

Joseph told the court that the girls were taken to Salama Sexual Assault Referral Centre, Kafanchan, Kaduna.