A Fulani herder identified as Hassan Namusa, is telling the court in Ilorin why he should not go to jail for robbing, abducting and raping a married woman inside a forest in the Kaiama Local Government Area of the state.
Namusa, 25, was charged with two counts of rape and abduction before Magistrate Agbetola Aminat Issa.
During the trial, the prosecutor asserted that Namusa accosted two women (names withheld), both wives of one Alhaji Shehu, while they were coming from a river where they went to draw water.
“While holding a dummy gun, he released one of them because of the baby she was carrying on her back but took the other into the bush to have carnal knowledge of her before he was arrested by the community,” the charge sheet added.
The police also informed the court that during an investigation into the matter, the defendant admitted to the charge.
The prosecutor, Abubakar Issa, urged the court to remand the suspect because the offences were not ordinarily bailable.
Hence, Magistrate Issa ruled that the defendant should be remanded till the next adjourned date, July 14