A 54-year-old Yohanna Danladi has allegedly raped his step sister’s four year old daughter in Barkin Kasuwa of Mangu local government area of Plateau state.
The state Police Command in suit No. PLD/J88C/2021 arraigned Danladi at the Jos High Court, said the suspect was remanded at the Jos prison over alleged rape of a 4-year-old minor whose mother is of the same parentage.
The Prosecutor, Barr. O. S. Okpuru said the suspect facing a one count charge of rape which happened on January 16, 2021 within the jurisdiction of the court.
According to her, the defendant lured the girl into his room purportedly to buy something for him but assaulted her sexually by pulling off his trouser while carrying her on his laps against her will.
She informed the court that the victim was seriously brutalized in the vagina, resulting to bleeding and stitches of her vagina.
Okpuru said the defendant confessed to the crime but denied it while the matter came up for hearing on Tuesday, November 1, 2022.
He claimed that his statements were forcefully taken by Inspector Venshak Moses and Emmanuel Andrew.
Okpuru however said the suspect’s claim could not be true as the victim that was raped obtained various degrees of injuries.
He noted that the offence contravened Section 208 punishable by penal code Law of Plateau State, 2017
The plea of the accused was taken by the court and was remanded in prison custody.
Justice Nafisatu Mohammed adjourned the case to November 26, 2022 for final adoption of written addresses.
Meanwhile, his step sister complained of threats to her life by family members for instituting suit.
