Teacher bags 7-year jail term for fondling Student

An Ikeja Special Offences Court has sentenced a 31-year-old teacher identified as Idowu Daniel to seven years imprisonment for s3xually assaulting his 16-year-old student.

Ruling on the case on Monday September 19, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo said the prosecution failed to establish the charge of child defilement against the defendant. This was however because the survivor failed to show up in court during proceedings to testify.

Justice Taiwo who noted that the confessional statement by the defendant, which was made voluntarily, showed that he s3xually assaulted the minor, added that the defendant admitted to fondling the bre*st of the victim twice and attempted to have s3x with her but he could not have a penetration because she was a virgin.

Taiwo said: “The defendant is hereby convicted on the charge of s3xual assault of a child.

“You are a teacher and you were touching the bre*st of your student. You would have gone for life if the victim had come to court to testify.”