By Ife Osemedua
365Daily – 107-year-old Furera Abubakar and Isah Hassan, 17, have been ordered to be kept in a correctional centre for allegedly plucking a 12-year-old in Kano State.
A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court ordered the remand on Wednesday, April 6, 2022.
Abubakar and Isah, both residents of Dantsinke Quarters, Kano, are standing trial on a two-count charge bordering on criminal conspiracy and attempt to commit culpable homicide.
The duo committed the offence on March 19, 2022, the prosecution counsel, Mr. Lamido Soron-Dinki, told the court on Wednesday, at Rimin Hamza Quarters, Tarauni Local Government Area of Kano State.
He alleged that on the same date, at about 9:00 p.m, the defendants conspired, deceived and lured Mustapha Yunus to a nearby stream and plucked out his right eye with a sharp knife.
“As a result, the victim sustained grievous hurt and was rushed to Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, where he was admitted for treatment,” he further said.
The plea of the defendants were, however, not taken.
According to the prosecutor, the offences contravened the provision of sections 97 and 229 of the Penal Code.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr Muhammad Jibril, subsequently ordered the remand of the defendants in a correctional centre.
Jibril adjourned the matter until April 11, for further mention.
Isah, the first defendant, was allegedly ordered to bring a human eye to be used in preparing an “appear and disappear” charm by the second defendant, Abubakar.