6-Year Old Boy Raped By Shop Owner In Jos

A certain shop owner Sunday Aniagolu, has been remanded in prison custody for allegedly defiling a six-year-old boy.

The Judge, Yahaya Mohammed, denied the accused's plea for bail and ordered he be remanded  in prison until August 14.

In denying the bail application, the Judge said an offence of rape by “unnatural means is not ordinarily bailable.’’

The prosecutor Sgt Ibrahim Gukwat, told the court that one Maryam NaAllah of A4 Ali Kazuare st., Jos, reported the incident to the `B’ Division police station on July 17, 2017.

Gukwat told the court that the Maryam noticed the little boy was uncomfortable and always complaining of stomach and anus pain. He was taken to the hospital where it was discovered that he had semen deposit in his anus.

Gukwat further told the court that the boy had fingered the shop keeper of luring him to his shop where he sexually violated him.

The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 284 of the Penal Code.

Aniagolu, who pleaded not guilty to the charge, complained to the court that the boy’s relatives had assaulted and beat him up over the alleged crime.