A 56 year old man standing trial before a Kano Magistrate Court on Friday has been ordered to be remanded in prison for assaulting his daughter for over seven years.

Ibrahim, who lives at Hausawa Quarters Kano, is standing trial on a two-count charge of procuring minor and incest.

The prosecutor, Insp. Aluta Mijinyawa, told the court that the accused began to sexually assault the 10 year old girl following the death of her mother died in 2010.

Mijinyawa further told the court that the 14 year old girl who has grown to a point of knowing what is right from wrong resisted her father, who threatened to harm her.

The girl then reported her father at Metro Police Station in Kano.

The prosecutor said that the offences contravened sections 275 and 390 of the penal code.

The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Chief Magistrate Fatima Adamu ordered the remand of the accused person in prison custody and adjourned the case to Sept. 12, for further mention.

Meanwhile, a women group in Kano, Hotoro Women Development Association, said it would sponsor the education of the girl.

The association’s Project Manager, Dr Zainab Nagee, said they have asked the court to allow the girl be assigned to her grandmother, “to enable her resume normal life and go back to school, which we promise to sponsor.’’

THE NATION