Two teachers identified as Oke Mustapha, 38, and Yisau Musibau, 39, were on Friday arraigned at the Ogba Magistrates’ Court, Ikeja, Lagos for raping seven students of their school.
The teachers who were both staffers of Nazareth Junior and Senior College, Ibawon, Epe, had between 2014 and 2016 allegedly defiled the seven pupils of the school.
Both were arraigned before Mrs. M.B. Olajide on two- count charge of sexual assault, recklessness and negligent acts and were promptly remanded at the Kirikiri prisons.
The students whose ages range between 15 and 17 had one of them impregnated by one of the teachers.
However, the teachers were charged alongside a trado-medical nurse, Abimbola Adesanni, 42, who was accused of administering a “dangerous drug” on a female student.
The Prosecutor, Sgt. Rachael Donny, told the court that Mustapha, Musibau and others at large, committed the alleged offences between 2014 and 2016 at Ibowon.
Donny alleged that they secretly subjected the girls to serial sexual harassment for two years thereby conspiring “to commit felony to wit: sexual assault by penetration, reckless and negligent acts.
National Daily learnt that their offences were punishable under Section 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2015.
Although they pleaded not guilty, the Magistrate Olajide granted their bail application filed by the defence counsel, Bright Idahosa and admit each defendant to bail in the sum of N1million with two sureties in like sum.
The case was adjourned to September 18 and they were remanded in Kirikiri prison until they perfect their bail conditions.
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