The Vice
Principal, Government Day Secondary School, Tunga-Minna in Niger, Malam
Mohammed Kuyizhi, has appeared before the state’s Child Rights Protection
Agency over the pregnancy of a 16-year-old student.
Kuyizhi is
accused of impregnating the girl, who is a junior student in the school.
Kuyizhi
admitted to the sexual affair but claimed that the girl seduced him into the
act.
The
Director-General of the agency, Hajia Mariam Kolo, who presided over the case
on Wednesday in Minna, said that the matter was reported to the agency by a
teacher after the girl’s guardian informed the school that her ward was
pregnant for the teacher.
Kolo said that
the agency, after receiving the report, sent an invitation letter to the
accused to come and defend himself.
She said that
the case would be transferred to the state Criminal Investigation Department
for further investigation.
“Already, the
victim has been taken to the hospital for medical examination; we shall make
sure she gets justice,” she said.
Kolo quoted
the victim as telling the agency that the accused was a very close friend to
her guardian and had consistently visited their (victim’s) home.
“The girl also
said that the accused had sex with her three times in his office.
“She further
said that she was always given between N50 and N100 for her transport, after
the affair with the teacher,” Kolo said.
The
Director-General further quoted the minor as accusing the teacher of giving her
some pills after she informed him of the pregnancy, but that she threw them
away.
She said that
the girl, however, confessed to taking the pills when they were offered to her
a second time.
According to
Kolo, the girl experienced severe pains after taking the pills, forcing her to
inform her guardian.
Kuyizhi
admitted to the sexual affair but claimed that the girl seduced him into the
act.
He also told
the agency that he penetrated the girl, but did not release semen and could
not, therefore, be responsible for the pregnancy.
Kuyizhi,
however, pleaded with the agency for leniency and promised to take
responsibility for the pregnancy.
(NAN)
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