”Okay, I did it”: 50 Year old Man Admits Defiling 5 year old Girl in Abuja

A 50-year-old man only identified as, “Teacher Senior,” of Area 11, Garki, has been remanded for raping a five-year-old girl in Abuja.

According to News Agency of Nigerian (NAN), a Gudu Upper Area Court in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on Wednesday ordered his remand in prison custody after he admitted to the crime in the following words: “Okay, I did it.”

Joshua Ayanna, the prosecuting counsel had told the court that one Hauwa Hamin of Kubwa Phase IV, reported the matter at Garki police station on January 1, 2017.

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Ayanna said that on the fateful day in question, the complainant and her five-year-old unnamed daughter visited her sister at Area 11, Garki and when they were about to leave, her daughter went outside and it was then that the defendant deceived her and took her inside his room where he forcefully had carnal knowledge of her.

“During police investigation, it was revealed that he removed her trouser and inserted his penis inside her vagina,” Ayanna said.

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The trial judge, Umar Kagarko, after citing relevant sections of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015, said that rape was a capital offence which attracted a minimum of 25 years in prison.

He thereby rejected the defendant’s plea of guilt, ordering his remand in prison till March 1, for the commencement of the trial.