A Chief Magistrate Court in Sokoto on Monday, ordered that
one Aminu Hayatu-Tafida be remanded for raping a 16-year-old girl and
circulating her unclad video on the Internet.
Hayatu-Tafida, a son of popular politician and a political
appointee in Sokoto State Government, was arrested for s3xually assaulting the
victim and conspiring with three others to circulate the rape video.
However, on Monday he was arraigned before the court with
three others for allegedly sharing the unclad video on social media platforms.
NAN reports that the three accused persons were Umar
Abubakar, Mas’ud Abubakar-Gidado and Aliyu Shehu Kangiwa.
The prosecuting officer, ASP Samuel Sule, while presenting
the case told the court that all offenses charged against them contravened the
penal code law and laws of Sokoto state.
He said the victims mother reported that Hayatu-Tafida had
sometimes in 2017, lured the 16-year-old girl to a hotel, had unlawful carnal
knowledge of her and recorded her nudity in an 18 seconds video clip.
He further revealed that the unfortunate incident resulted
to the termination of the girl’s wedding, scheduled to take place in October,
this year.
Delivering judgement, Chief Magistrate, Shuaibu Ahmad,
ordered that Hayatu-Tafida be remanded in Sokoto Correctional Center to enable
police complete investigation.
Ahmad granted the three accused persons bail in the sum of
N500,000 each adding that their offenses were bailable.
He adjourned the case to Oct. 19, for hearing
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