Five persons arraigned by the Adamawa State Police Command, for the offences of criminal conspiracy and defilement of a minor before the Chief Magistrate Court I in Yola, the state capital, have been remanded in prison custody.
The command’s spokesperson, Suleiman Nguroji, in a statement on Wednesday, named the suspects as Ibrahim Aliyu, Muhammed Adamu, Gaddafi Adamu, Usman Umar and Musa Isa, who all hail from Yola town in Yola South LGA.
The statement disclosed that the presiding judge, Magistrate Alheri Ishaku, ordered the remand of the defendants in prison custody pending the outcome of the legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
According to the First Information Report earlier tendered by the prosecuting police officer, ASP Zakka Musa, on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, the defendants allegedly conspired and raped the victim (name withheld) who hails from Mafia Quarters in Yola town.
According to the statement, during the investigation, the DNA test conducted by medical experts revealed that the first suspect, Ibrahim Aliyu, who started having unlawful carnal knowledge of the victim, is responsible for the pregnancy contrary to Sections 60 and 211 Penal Code Laws.
“Addressing the court after the plea of the defendants, the command prosecutor said whether the defendants pleaded guilty or not, the second leg of the offences is capital in nature and prayed the court to remand them pending legal advice from the office of the DPP.”
The statement advised the public to always contact the police when they noticed a person or persons committing unlawful acts.
He said the command would continue with its war against the GBV offenders and that tough measures must be taken against perpetrators of such criminal activities.
