Nana Firdausi Bello is her daughter and that she was aged 9 years.
This witness further told this court that she knew the defendant in
this case and that about 2 years ago she sent her daughter Nana
Firdausi to fetch water for her at a house called Gidan Mangurori at
Minanata area and that she observed that Nana Firdausi took too long
time to return. This witness further told this court that when Nana
Firdausi returned home she was crying and this witness said she
asked her what happened and she told her that somebody took into
his room and raped her and later gave her mangoes. This witness
further told this court that when she checked Nana Firdausi’s panties
she saw blood. This witness further stated that she went straight to
the said Gidan Mangurori and entered through the gate of the house
and checked every room in the house but could not find the defendant
and when she came out of the house she informed some people what
happened to her daughter and those people also checked inside the
house but could not see the defendant and that it was when they were
coming out of the house that somebody saw the defendant laying
down under a car and those people arrested the defendant while this
witness went and called police. This witness further told this court
that herself and a police officer took the girl Nana Firdausi to the
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