The Sokoto Magistrate Court has remanded the son of the Special Adviser to Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal in the Sokoto Correctional Centre for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl.
Baffa Hayatu Tafida is said to have filmed the incident, which happened in 2017, and recently released the video to scuttle the girl’s imminent wedding.
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Four other men allegedly involved in sharing the sex video were released on bail.
This followed the substituted charges filed separately against the accused persons.
The prosecuting officer, ASP Samuel Sule filed two cases, one against Baffa and the second one against him and five of his friends.
The first case contained only one-count charge of rape which according to Sule contravened section 260 of the Sokoto State Penal Code.
Tafida pleaded no guilty to the charge.
In his ruling, the presiding Magistrate, Shu’aibu Ahmad remanded Tafida in the Sokoto Correctional Centre to enable the police complete their investigation and seek legal advice from the Ministry of Justice.
The second case which involved Tafida and other four that were allegedly involved in sharing the nude video on social media platforms, contained 4-count charge.
The charges included act of gross indecency, abatement, sale of obscene book and printing or engraving matter known to be defamatory, which the Prosecuting Officer said were contrary to sections, 60(2), 377, 262, 48, 171, 173 and 379 of the Sokoto State Penal Code, 2019.
Ruling on the second case, the Presiding Magistrate, Ahmad affirmed that all the charges were bailable, citing sections 173 of the Sokoto penal code and sections 161,157 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of the state as well as section 36(5) of the Constitution of Nigeria as amended.
He therefore granted them N500,000 bail with one surety in the same amount.
All the two cases have been adjourned till October, 19 for further mentioning.
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