Primary school teacher rapes 10year old pupil

court by the Lagos state police command for
raping a primary 4 pupil inside the toilet of their
private primary school located on Olateju Ilesanmi
Street, Baruwa, Ipaja area of Lagos, Punch
reports.
Testifying before a Lagos State Chief Magistrate
Court in Ebutte Metta yesterday August 13th, the
Investigating Police officer from the state Criminal
Investigation Department Yaba said he
interrogated the little girl three times in which she
affirmed that her teacher, Mr Adeniran, who is
married with two children, had lured her to the
school toilet and forced himself into her and then
threatened to flog her if she screamed.
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The police officer investigating the case said;
"I interviewed the victim after the matter was
brought to the SCID. She said on the fateful
day, she was in school after the closing
hours and was waiting for her younger
brother, who attended the same school, so
they could go back home together. While
waiting, she decided to get busy with her
assignments. She said it was while she was
doing the assignment that the teacher came
and said she should follow him. He then
took her to a toilet within the school
premises and threatened to cane her if she
screamed, unzipped himself, undressed the
pupil and made love to her. The girl said
she was crying while this was on. It was a
female teacher, who was passing by that
heard her cry. The female teacher came
closer to have a better look and
immediately the suspect saw her, he quickly
zipped up. The pupil said the female teacher
told him that being a teacher, he should
never have taken advantage of the girl.”
The accused, Mr Adeniran, while narrating what
happened to the Chief Magistrate, denied the
claims, saying he never raped the girl
"I am the health teacher of the school. I
married five years ago, and have two sons.
There are six male teachers in the school.
On that day, I didn’t call the girl. I only
stood at the gate and asked her and her
brother to go home. That was all. I was
surprised that after four days, they came to
my office and arrested me. The toilet in
question has never even been used by
anybody.” he said
The Chief Magistrate, O.O. Olatunji, was however
not satisfied by his own account, stating that
children between the ages of 6-11 never tell lies
"Kids hardly lie, especially when they are
between the ages of six to 11. And that’s
why I find it hard to believe the account of
the defendant. People like you should not be
in the society. If like you said there were six
male teachers in your school, why did she
decide to pick only you? It’s such a big
shame,” the Chief magistrate said
The police prosecutor advised the court to
remand the accused in prison but he was granted
bail in the sum of N300,000 with two sureties in
like sum. The judge ordered Adeniran should be
remanded in Prison until the bail conditions have
been fulfilled. The case was adjourned till October
15th.