A Kano magistrates’ court has ordered the remand of a 107-year-old woman, Furera Abubakar, and 17-year-old Isah Hassan for plucking out the eye of a 12-year-old boy, Mustapha Yunus.
The prosecution counsel, Mr Lamido Soron-Dinki, told the court on Wednesday that the defendants committed the offence on March 19, at Rimin Hamza Quarters in Tarauni LGA.
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Furera and Isah, both residents of Dantsinke Quarters, Kano, are standing trial on a two-count charge of criminal conspiracy and attempt to commit homicide.
Mr Soron-Dinki told the court that on the said date at about 9pm, the defendants conspired, deceived and lured Mustapha to a stream and plucked out his right eye with a knife.
The magistrate, Mr Muhammad Jibril, ordered the remand of the defendants in a correctional centre and adjourned the case to April 11.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) further reports that Isah, the first defendant, was ordered to bring a human eye to be used in preparing “appear and disappear” charm by the second defendant, Furera. (NAN)
