Two cow herders were charged with kidnapping and raping a lady on March 7 after being hauled before a local court in Gwagwalada, the FCT. On Thursday, March 9, they entered a plea of guilty.
The defendants, Nuru Tukur (21) and Yusufa Haruna (29), kidnapped the pregnant lady on February 25 from her home in the Abaji Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), brought her to a bush, and then both of them sexually assaulted her, according to the prosecutor, Dabo Yakubu.
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One Abubakar Wakili of Yaba in Abaji Area Council reported the matter at Gwagwalada Area Command office on February 26.
The Judge, Malam Abdullahi Abdulkarim, deferred sentencing in order for him to see and know the condition of the victim.
He however ordered that they be remanded in a correctional centre pending sentencing on March 22.
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