Firdausi Bello (F) of 9 years old into your room and forcefully had sexual intercourse with her and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 260 of the Sokoto state penal code law 2011”. The above charge was read, interpreted and explained to the defendant in Hausa language and the defendant pleaded not guilty to the said charge. The defendant having pleaded not guilty to the said charge, the prosecution in this case called a total number of 4 witnesses in order to prove the charge against the defendant. The first witness that testified for the prosecution is one Insp. Sa’idu Haruna. He testified under oath and told this court that he is working with the C.I.D office as an IPO. This witness further told this court that he knew the defendant in this case on the 12th day of March 2020 at about 1700hrs while he was on duty at the C.I.D office, a case of rape was reported at the C.I.D office against the defendant on that fateful day. This witness further told this court that himself, his O/C one Asp. Ibrahim Bala, Abubakar Adamu and Sat. Aminu Yusuf were detailed to investigate the case. This witness further told this court that he was assigned to record the statement of the defendant. This witness further told this court that he first of all put words of caution 2