The police in Lagos have detained a school teacher over the
alleged rape of a 16-year-old student.
The Domestic & Sexual Violence Response Agency (DSVA)
confirmed the development in a statement on Saturday.
It said the teacher, who coaches the student after school,
was said to have had sex with the victim in February 2022.
The agency said the joint task force implementing the Lagos
state child protection policy had visited the school.
This led to the arrest and arraignment of the accused before
the Yaba magistrate court 2 on June 1.
“It was alleged that the survivor was introduced to the
defendant in 2021 to be coached during lessons after school hours,” DSVA said.
“The after-school lessons on the school premises were
cancelled and the defendant moved the venue for the lessons to his relative’s
home.
“It was alleged that
on the 17th of February 2021, the defendant forcefully had carnal knowledge of
the survivor.
“This came to light when The Joint Task Force Taskforce
saddled with the implementation of the Lagos state safeguarding and child
protection policy visited the school.”
It is understood that the directorate of public prosecutions
(DPP) has requested the duplicate case file for perusal.
“DSVA uses this medium to reiterate the state government’s
zero-tolerance of all forms of child abuse,” the agency added.
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