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.” (NAN)
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