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Sex Tape: Man remanded for raping a 16-year-old girl
Sex Tape: Aminu Hayatu-Tafida remanded for raping a16-year-old girl, sharing video online
Aminu Hayatu-Tafida was remanded on Monday by a Chief Magistrate Court in Sokoto , for raping a 16-year-old girl and circulating her nude video on the Internet.
IexclusiveNews gathered that Hayatu-Tafida, a son of popular politician and a political appointee in Sokoto State Government, was arrested for sexually assaulting the victim and conspiring with three others to circulate the rape video.
Tafida was arraigned on Monday before the court with three others for allegedly sharing the nude video on social media platforms.
NAN reports that the three accused persons were Umar Abubakar, Mas’ud Abubakar-Gidado and Aliyu Shehu Kangiwa.
The prosecuting officer, ASP Samuel Sule, while presenting the case told the court that all offenses charged against them contravened the penal code law and laws of Sokoto state.
He said the victims mother reported that Hayatu-Tafida had sometimes in 2017, lured the 16-year-old girl to a hotel, had unlawful carnal knowledge of her and recorded her nudity in an 18 seconds sex tape.
He further revealed that the unfortunate incident resulted to the termination of the girl’s wedding, scheduled to take place in October, this year.
Delivering judgement, Chief Magistrate, Shuaibu Ahmad, ordered that Hayatu-Tafida be remanded in Sokoto Correctional Center to enable police complete investigation.
Ahmad granted the three accused persons bail in the sum of N500,000 each adding that their offenses were bailable.
The case was adjourned to Oct. 19, for hearing