A magistrates’ court sitting in Kano on Thursday
denied bail to the two suspects who allegedly
brutalised two-year-old Musa Murtala in the city
on May 10.
The suspects: Hafsatu Musa, 35, and Zainab
Murtala, 20, were charged with criminal
conspiracy and attempt to commit culpable
homicide, contrary to Sections 248 and 229 of
the Penal Code.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that
the counsel to the suspects, Muktar Shehu, was
absent in court.
The judge, Chief Magistrate Maryam Sabo,
ordered the prosecutor to duplicate the case file
and forwarded a copy to the State Department of
Public Prosecutions (DPPs) for legal advice.
He also ordered that the accused persons to be
remanded in prison custody pending the receipt
of the DPPs’ advice.
She also ordered the prosecutor and Husaina
Bashir, the counsel representing the International
Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) in Kano to
monitor the case diary at the DPPs’ office.
Sabo then adjourned the case to August 16 for
further mention.
Earlier, the police prosecutor, Insp. Shuaibu
Musa, had opposed bail for the suspects citing
the gravity of the offences.
``The two suspects: Hafsatu and Zainab of Rimin
Gado Village on May 10, conspired and broke the
two hands and one of the legs of two-year-old
Musa.
``The victim was under the custody of his
grandmother, Hafsatu when the accused
committed the offence’’, he said.
Source: Vanguard
denied bail to the two suspects who allegedly
brutalised two-year-old Musa Murtala in the city
on May 10.
The suspects: Hafsatu Musa, 35, and Zainab
Murtala, 20, were charged with criminal
conspiracy and attempt to commit culpable
homicide, contrary to Sections 248 and 229 of
the Penal Code.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that
the counsel to the suspects, Muktar Shehu, was
absent in court.
The judge, Chief Magistrate Maryam Sabo,
ordered the prosecutor to duplicate the case file
and forwarded a copy to the State Department of
Public Prosecutions (DPPs) for legal advice.
He also ordered that the accused persons to be
remanded in prison custody pending the receipt
of the DPPs’ advice.
She also ordered the prosecutor and Husaina
Bashir, the counsel representing the International
Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) in Kano to
monitor the case diary at the DPPs’ office.
Sabo then adjourned the case to August 16 for
further mention.
Earlier, the police prosecutor, Insp. Shuaibu
Musa, had opposed bail for the suspects citing
the gravity of the offences.
``The two suspects: Hafsatu and Zainab of Rimin
Gado Village on May 10, conspired and broke the
two hands and one of the legs of two-year-old
Musa.
``The victim was under the custody of his
grandmother, Hafsatu when the accused
committed the offence’’, he said.
Source: Vanguard
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