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A Nigerian teacher who defiled a 14-year-old pupil, resulting in a pregnancy and childbirth, will now spend the rest of his life in prison for the crime.
The court presided over by Justice Abiola Soladoye found the teacher guilty of the charges proffered against him. The prosecution team reportedly presented three witnesses at the trial, but Ibanga presented none and spoke for himself. Defilement is reported to be a punishable offence under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015, and life imprisonment is the punishment for perpetrators if found guilty. Ibanga committed the offence between January and March 2019 at No.12, Iresi Street, Orile-Agege, Lagos, reports say.
The convict was a home teacher employed to teach the victim, who was living with her aunt. He, however, forced himself on the underage victim, and defiled her. Justice Soladoye said evidence the prosecution made available to his court proved that Ibanga was guilty of the offence as charged. Aside from the life sentence, the judge also ordered that the convict’s name be entered into the register of sexual offenders.
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