A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court remanded a 25-year-old truck driver, Ibrahim Sanni for allegedly killing his two-year-old baby by throwing his son into the Kubau River.
Sanni who resides at Kargi Village, Kubau local government area of Kaduna committed the crime on Dec. 28, 2013.
The
Chief Magistrate Mr Bashri Shittu, ordered that the accused be kept in
prison custody under Section 185 (A) of the Criminal Penal Code pending
an advice from the Ministry of Justice.
Shittu said that his court had no jurisdiction, to try the case adding that the accused was only brought for cognisance.
He
said that the accused had the right to apply for his bail at the state
high court and adjourned the case till June 25, for further mention.
The
Prosecutor, Insp. Sani Umar, had prayed the court to remand the
accused in prison custody pending full investigation into the case.
He
told the court that the accused was accosted by the mother of the
baby, Shafatu Umaru, who reported the case to the Divisional Police
Headquaters, Anchau Kubau.
He said the accused was caught by Shafatu while throwing the baby into the river, but she was unable to recover the baby.
The prosecutor said that, the accused was the former husband to the mother of the baby.
He said that the offence contravened Section 221 of the Penal Code Law of Kaduna State, 1991.
When the charge was read to the accused, he told the court that he understood the charge against him.
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