Court remands man, girlfriend for alleged adultery in Kano

A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano, on Thursday, ordered the remand of Aliyu Yakubu, 24 and Aisha Sani,19, at the Correctional Center for alleged adultery.

The duo, who reside at Sauna Quarters Kano and Hotoro Yandodo Quarters Kano, are being charged with criminal conspiracy and adultery.

The Prosecutor, Miss Khadija Aliyu, told the court that the defendants committed the offence sometime in 2023, at Hotoro Quarters Kano.

She alleged that the defendant conspired among themselves, got engaged in unlawful sexual intercourse with the female victim who became pregnant and was delivered of a baby boy.

According to the prosecutor, the offence contravened section 97, 387 and 388 of the Penal Code.

The defendants pleaded guilty to the charge.

Chief Magistrate Fauziyya Isa-Sheshe, ordered that the defendants be remanded in a Correctional Centre.

Isa-Sheshe adjourned the matter until Feb.8, for judgement and sentencing.

In a related development, the prosecutor arraigned four men before the same same court for allegedly trying to commit abortion.

She named the defendants as Abdulmalik Ibrahim, Ummukulsum Yakubu, Dominic Offor and Nkechi Okechukwu.

The defendants were arraigned on a three-count charge bordering on criminal conspiracy, concealment of birth and abetment.

The Prosecution Counsel, Miss Khadija Aliyu, said that the defendants committed the offence sometimes in 2023.

She alleged that the defendants criminally conspired among themselves and attempted to conceal Aisha’s pregnancy.

The prosecutor said that the offence contravened the provision of section 97, 83 and 239 of the Penal Code.

While the first and second defendants pleaded guilty to the charge, the third and fourth defendants pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Chief Magistrate Isa-Sheshe, consequently ordered remand of the defendants in a Correctional Center and adjourned the matter until Feb.8, for judgement and hearing.(NAN)