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A Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Thursday remanded a 52-year-old, Kizito Chukwu, at the Awajighor Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl leading to her unwanted pregnancy.
Musa, who lives at Abinsi village in Guma Local Government area of Benue, was charged with act of gross indecency and rape.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Justice Abiola Soladoye sentenced Siakpere after finding him guilty of a charge of defilement contrary to Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.
This is contained in a statement issued by the police spokesman in Ogun, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi.
The sanction was made known in a letter addressed to the lecturer from the Office of the registrar of the university, dated 15th of February 2021. The letter made no mention of the alleged impregnation of the students. However, the letter mentioned that Odum had been suspended based on an accusation of sexual harassment by a female student.
The presiding judge, Abdulaziz Ibrahim, however, adjourned the matter until January 14 for summary trial of the accused person.