Yakubu Busari , Jos
IGP Ibrahim Idrsi
An Upper Area Court 3 sitting in Kasuwan Nama area of Jos Metropolis has remanned one Isaq Mukaila in a prison custody over the case of alleged attempt to rape a minor
The presiding Judge, Yahaya Muhammed Kanam who decided on the case said there is no sufficient evident to warrant granting bail to accuse person as demanded by defending lawyer.
He said although the police had earlier granted bail to the accuse person on the condition of health problem,“ there is no evident before this Court to prove that the accuse is ill as claimed by his Counsel“.
The Counsel to the accuse person had told the court that the said Isaq Mukaila is not physically fit to stand trial before the Court and demanded for bail which was refused by the Judge on the gravity of the offence. A Child Right activist, Madam Aisha -Ismail Arewa, who is prosecuting the case right from the police station to the area Court said, “ there is no going back on the case“.
According to her such cases of rape among Muslim Community in the state is now rampant, stating there is need to penalise offenders. She explained that although there has been frantic efforts by some “ powerful individual”, to intervene on behalf of the alleged offender, “such acts should not be condoled by the society.”
The accused person who pleaded not guilty on the attempted rape case was later taken to a Jos Prison until 19 January for further hearing into the case.
