It is the end of the road for a randy automobile mechanic who allegedly kidnapped a 13-year-old girl and kept her as sex slave for five days, as he has been remanded in prison custody for the crime by a senior magistrate court in Lokoja, Kogi State.
The order was handed down to the 28-year-old man, Abdulkadir Salihu, by Mrs Joyce Abdulmalik of Lokoja Senior Magistrate Court 1, in her ruling on arraignment of the accused.
Salihu was arraigned on a two-count charge of kidnapping and rape, being offences contrary to Sections 273 and 283 of the Penal Code Law.
Prosecuting police officer, Corporal Ubi Ubana, told the court that one Adama Ibrahim of Galilee Street, Lokoja, reported the matter at the ‘A’ Division Police headquarters and Department of Criminal Investigation, Lokoja, on October 23, 2014.
According to the prosecutor, Ibrahim had, that on October 16, at about 1:25 pm, the victim who is his niece, was sent to buy Okro from Adankolo New Layout Market, when the accused enticed her into his house on Agbai Street.
The accused, who he said did this without the consent of her guardian, also had carnal knowledge of the victim without her consent.
He added that Salihu went further to lock up the girl in his room from October 16 to 20 of same month, to enable him have unfettered access to her.
During the period, he had sex with his captive for several times before releasing her on October 20.
Ubana who told the court that investigation into the case was ongoing, and urged it to remand the accused in Koton-Karfe prisons, in view of the enormity of his offence.
In her ruling, Abdulmalik upheld the submission of the prosecution and ordered that the accused be remanded at the Medium Security Federal Prisons, Koton-Karfe and subsequently adjourned the case to November 10 for mention.