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A Reverend, Joseph Ma’aji of Barnawa, Kaduna, accused of raping his 16-year-old housemaid, was on Tuesday remanded in the custody of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) by a Chief Magistrate Court in Kaduna.
The Chief Magistrate, Bashir Shittu, ordered that Ma’aji be remanded pending advice from the office of the state Director of Public Prosecution.
The Magistrate said that the court lacked the power to try the accused, who was arraigned over allegation of rape.
“However, the law said one should be taken to the nearest court, that is why you are brought here pending when the police will conclude their investigations and send the case file to lawyers in the ministry of justice.

































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