Teenage boy jailed in Kano for killing stepmother’s chicken

A 14 year old boy has been held at a remand home in Kano for five months for allegedly killing a chicken belonging to his step mother. According to a legal council, Audu Bulama Bukarti, the boy, whose identity was withheld had a dispute with his step-mum in Wudil local government area of Kano State five months ago. Bukarti said, “He was taken to the police station by the step-mum over her chicken and when efforts by the police to settle them yielded no result, the case was transferred to court.” Bukarti said as a result of the dispute the boy has spent five months at the Goron Dutse remand home. Bukarti in a letter addressed to the commissioner of justice, said more than 70 percent of the 65 inmates at the home are being held over minor offences. He said during his visit to the remand home he spoke with many of the inmates and that their condition is deplorable as they are not well-fed. However, the state commissioner for women affairs and social welfare, Dr. Binta Tijjani Jibril, dismissed the report’ She said they were baseless because food is supplied to the home on a quarterly basis and the inmates are fed thrice daily.