Court denies bail to suspects who broke leg, arms of two-year- old boy

A magistrate court in Kano, presided over by Chief Magistrate Maryam Sabo on Thursday, July 21,  denied bail to the two suspects, Hafsatu Musa, 35, and Zainab Murtala, 20,  who allegedly brutalised and broke two arms and one leg of two-year-old Musa Murtala in the city on May 10.

She had ordered the prosecutor to duplicate the case file and forward a copy to the the State Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP)  for legal advice,  and mandated the prosecutor and the counsel representing the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) in Kano,  Husaina Bashir,  to monitor the case diary at the DPPs’ office.

The bail application was stalled due to the absence of the counsel to the suspects, Muktar Shehu and the earlier objection of the application, raised by the police prosecutor, Insp. Shuaibu Musa,  who cited  the gravity of the offences as grounds for his argument.

The suspects were charged with criminal conspiracy and attempt to commit culpable homicide, contrary to Sections 248 and 229 of the Penal Code.

Chief Magistrate Sabo, ordered that the accused persons be remanded in prison custody, pending the receipt of DPP’s advice and adjourned the case  to August 16 for further mention.