Katsina: secondary school student arraigned for raping 8 year old sister

Nigerian Police officials have arraigned a junior secondary school student, Saidu Abdullahi before a Katsina Senior Magistrates’ Court for allegedly having sexual intercourse with his eight-year-old sibling.

The teenage boy is facing a charge of incest which the police, which the police claimed is contrary to Section 390 of the Penal Code.

In the charge sheet presented before the court, the police revealed that the 18-year-old boy lured his sibling into a toilet on the premises of a steel rolling company near their house and forcefully had sexual intercourse with her.

The younger sister was said to have been taken to the General Hospital, Katsina for examination and treatment, after which one Sergeant Sani Rabiu of the Central Market Police Station brought the victim to the station after the incident.

The police prosecutor, Inspector Sani Ado, told the court that investigation was still in progress and prayed for an adjournment.

The magistrate Hajiya Fadila Dikko, admitted Abdullahi to bail and ordered him to appear before the court on February 14, 2018, when his case will be mentioned.