Court remands teacher charged with defiling 5-year-old pupil

For allegedly defiling a five-year-old female pupil placed in his custody, a 43-year-old teacher has been remanded at the Kirikiri Prison on the orders of an Ikeja Chief Magistrate Court. Although the accused, Abdulsalam Salaudeen, brought before the court yesterday denied committing the offence, the Chief Magistrate, Mrs Olufunke Sule-Amzat, ordered that he be remanded […]

For allegedly defiling a five-year-old female pupil placed in his custody, a 43-year-old teacher has been remanded at the Kirikiri Prison on the orders of an Ikeja Chief Magistrate Court.

Although the accused, Abdulsalam Salaudeen, brought before the court yesterday denied committing the offence, the Chief Magistrate, Mrs Olufunke Sule-Amzat, ordered that he be remanded at the Kirikiri Prison, pending advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). She adjourned the case until Feb. 7 for hearing.

The accused, who resides at 16 Awoyemi Street, Igando Road, Ikotun, a Lagos suburb, was docked for defilement.

Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp. Benson Emuerhi, told the court that the offence was committed on Dec. 22, at Olorungbebe Mosque located at Iyana Ile-Oba, in Igando area of Lagos. Emuerhi said the accused was a popular cleric within the locale.

He told the court that the incident was reported by a neighbour at the Ikeja Police Command who had caught the act on a camera which was presented to the Lagos Police Commissioner. (NAN)