A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Kano yesterday turned down bail application filed before it by two accused persons in the trial involving a 20-month-old battered Kano child, Murtala Musa.
At the resumed trial on Thursday, Counsel to the accused, Barrister Mukthar Shehu, filed a bail application before the court, arguing that the accused were at liberty for bail.
However, the Prosecuting Counsel, Inspector Shuaibu Musa, rejected the application, arguing that the offence committed by the accused persons was grievous enough to halt them from enjoying bail gesture.
In her ruling, Chief Magistrate Maryam Sabo not only turned down the bail application but ordered the continued remand of the two accused persons in prison custody. Thereafter, Chief Magistrate Sabo adjourned the case to July 21, 2016 for continuation of the trial.
It should be recalled that the two accused persons, the child’s grandmother and stepmother, Hafsatu Musa and Zainab Murtala, were arraigned before the court for fracturing the both of the child’s legs and hands in six places, as well as forcefully removing three of his teeth.
The accused persons also damaged the testicles of the toddler and injured his eyes, ear, as well as inflicting injuries on the toddler’s forehead.