A Tunfure Chief Magistrates’ Court in Gombe on Thursday remanded one 29-year-old Zakariya Shehu who pleaded guilty to defiling a child.
Chief Magistrate Japheth Maida remanded Shehu in police custody and adjourned the case until November 12 for review of the facts of the case and sentencing.
The Prosecutor, Sgt Kabiru Shuaibu, had told the court that Shehu, a resident of Jekadafari Quarters, Gombe, sometime in September, lured a 12-year-old boy (name withheld) and had a carnal knowledge of him.
Shuaibu submitted that Shehu lured the child to a store at Tashan Dukku in Gombe.
He told the court that an investigation into the case was ongoing, and sought adjournment to enable the police to complete the investigation.
He said that the offence contravened Section 284 of the Penal Code.
