Punch reports:
The Ogun State Police
Command has arrested a private school teacher, Matthew Sodeke, for alleged
child abuse in Igbala community in the Sango Ota area of the state.
Our correspondent
learnt that Sodeke, an English Language teacher, was caught sucking the private
parts of a male pupil.
The teacher was
reportedly caught by a parent who had come to pick his child in the school.
Punch gathered that the
teacher allegedly sexually assaulted the 16-year-old boy, identified only as
Ajala, in one of the offices of the school after closing hours.
On Tuesday, July 12,
around 4pm, Sodeke was said to have called the pupil upstairs into one of the
offices.
It was learnt that
Sodeke allegedly instructed the boy to remove his trousers, after which the
teacher allegedly began to suck the boy’s private parts.
A yet-to-be-identified
parent, who reportedly came to check her child in the school, was said to have
caught the duo and raised the alarm.
The matter was
thereafter reported at the Sango Police Division, and Sodeke was arrested.
A parent, identified
only as Shokoya, who claimed to be a witness, said the teacher was beaten up by
a mob before he was taken to the police station.
Shokoya added that the
pupil confessed that his private parts had been sucked by the teacher on
several occasions.
She said, “The teacher
was caught while molesting the boy after school hours. He could not deny it
because he was caught in the act.
“After a parent had
raised the alarm, other parents and youths descended on the teacher and beat
him to a pulp. He was thereafter handed over to the police at the Sango
division.
“The teacher said he
was formerly living with his brother, a pastor, who later sent him out when he
(the pastor) caught him sucking a neighbour’s private parts.
“When the pupil was
also interviewed, he confessed that it was not the first time the teacher would
molest him. He said the teacher warned him not to disclose the act to anyone.”
Punch learnt that Sodeke, who confessed to the crime, had been
transferred to the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Eleweran,
Abeokuta, for further investigation.
The state Police Public
Relations Officer, SP Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the incident, adding that the
suspect had been charged to court.
He said, “It is a case
of indecent assault. The English Language teacher, Sodeke, called the victim to
one of the offices and asked him to remove his trousers. He then put Ajala’s
private parts in his mouth.
“Based on this report,
detectives from the Sango division arrested the culprit and brought him to the
station for interrogation. He confessed to the crime. The matter was
transferred to the SDCI, Abeokuta, as directed by the Assistant Inspector-General
of Police, Abdulmajid Ali.
“The teacher has been
charged to court and remanded in prison custody.”
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