A Sharia Court in Kano State on Tuesday remanded a 28-year-old man, Abubakar Yahaya, for allegedly assaulting his neighbour.
The police charged Yahaya, who lives in Satatima Quarters, Kano Municipal with assault and causing grievous hurt.
The Judge, Malam Umar Lawal-Abubakar, ordered the remand of the defendant should be remanded at Goron-Dutse correctional centre after he pleaded guilty to the charge.
Lawal-Abubakar adjourned the case until June 17 for summary trial.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp. Abdullahi Wada, told the court that the complainant, Amir Sani, who also resides in Satatima Quarters, reported the matter at Mandawari Police Station, Kano on May 23.
Wada alleged that on the same day at about 6pm, the defendant had an altercation over a football match with Sani.
He said the defendant insulted the complainant and hit on his head with an iron rod.(NAN)