Female teacher faces trial over assault on 4-year-old pupil

Female teacher faces trial at a Magistrates’ Court in Ikeja, Lagos over assault on 4-year-old pupil.

A Female school teacher, Dupe Ehiorobo, on Friday, appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for allegedly assaulting a four-year-old pupil.

The police charged Ehiorobo, 45, a teacher at Access Ville School, Ipaja, Lagos with assault.

As the female teacher faces trial, she pleaded not guilty to the charge.

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The prosecutor, Insp John Iberedem, told the court that Ehiorobo committed the offence on May 13 at Access Ville School, Ipaja, Lagos.

According to him, Ehiorobo assaulted the pupil by flogging him mercilessly on his body which inflicted injuries on his back and laps.

He said the class teacher flogged the pre-school pupil for misbehaving in the class.

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Iberedem said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 172 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
It was noted that Section 172 attracts one year imprisonment to anyone found guilty of unlawful assault.

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs E. Kubeinje, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.

She ordered that the sureties should show evidence of tax payment to the state government and their addresses be verified.

Kubeinje adjourned the case to Oct. 10 for hearing.

NAN