Upper Area Court III sitting in Yola, the Adamawa state capital has just acquitted and discharged a 25 year old, Mohammed Aliyu of a rape charge slammed against him.
Mohammed Aliyu, a commercial tricyclist hailed from Yola South Local Area, Adamawa state was arraigned before the court for an of "Act Gross Indencency" against 5 year old girl from the LGA.
As contained in the First Information Report (FIR) tendered before the Honourable Court by the prosecution in suit number/Y/12/c3/2018/, the young man was charged for an offence of an "Act of Gross Indecency" and not rape as widely reported recently.
Delivering its judgement on the matter on Tuesday, the Court presided by Honourable Umar Isa declared that the prosecution failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.
Hon. Isa said that the prosecution woefully failed to provide authoritative medical report to support the matter that complainant was actually raped.
According to him, the suspect as contained in the FIR tendered before the court by the prosecution, was charged for an"Act of Gross Indecency " and not rape and therefore discharged the suspect accordingly.
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