Vice Principal charged for impregnating underage student

fuad lawal

June 22, 2017 7:36 AM

He should have been making sure she was getting quality education, but he was doing otherwise.

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The Vice Principal of Government Secondary School, Tunga, Mr Mohammed Mohammed, has been charged for impregnating a 16-year-old student.

The Vice Principal was supposed to be making sure his student got the best quality education. But instead, he gave her a baby.

When he was first arraigned on the 4th of April, he pleaded not guilty to the charge and applied for bail. On Tuesday 19th of June, he was granted a bail of N1 million by a Magistrate Court in Minna.

Magistrate Fatima Auna, ruled on Mr. Mohammed’s bail application, saying the bail was in line with Sections 35 and 36 of the 1999 constitution, and Sections 341 and 342 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

But Mohammed Mohammed wasn't sober. He challenged the court's jurisdiction to even rule on the matter.

In her ruling, Mrs. Auna granted the bail application and also ordered the accused to produce one surety, who must be a civil servant on grade level 12 or above. And of course, she made it clear that the offence was well in her jurisdiction to entertain.

Mr. Mohammed is standing trial on a two-count charge of unlawful sexual intercourse with a child, and impregnating a female student.

The police prosecutor, Hussaini Paiko, had told the court that one Sokombo Danjuma reported the matter at the Child Rights Agency which, in turn, transferred it to the police.

He said that the offences contravened sections 18 (2) and 25 (3) of the Child Rights Law of Niger State. (NAN)

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