A 50-year-old man, Abdullahi Sani, has been accused of raping his neighbour’s three-year-old daughter to death in Funtua, Katsina State.
The accused and the victim’s father, Ibrahim Abdullahi, reside in Jabiri Quarters, Funtua.
Sani, who appeared before a Katsina State Senior Magistrates’ Court on Thursday,has been slammed with charges of rape and culpable homicide ,Punch reports.
The police told the court that Sani sometime ago lured the victim into an uncompleted building where he allegedly raped her.
Sani was alleged to have covered the victim’s mouth with his hand during the act, suffocating her.
The victims’ father, Abdullahi, reported the incident at the Funtua Central Police Station.
The presiding magistrate, Hajiya Fadile Dikko, adjourned the case till November 20, 2018 for mention, and ordered that Sani should be remanded in the prison custody.
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