Head Teacher Faces Jail For Repeatedly Raping 10-year-Old Pupil

David Eyo, a 31-year-old head teacher has been accused of allegedly defiling his 10-year-old pupil and infected her with a disease.

Eyo was on Tuesday remanded in Kirikiri prison on the orders of the Ikeja chief magistrate's Court.

Chief Magistrate, Mrs B.O. Osunsuanmi, who gave the ruling, directed that the case file should be duplicated and a copy sent to the State Director Of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice.

The accused, a resident of Aguda in Surulere area of Lagos, is on trial for defilement.

"He defiled his 10-year-old pupil (name withheld) several times in the premises of the school", she said.

The case was reported by the parents of the pupil to the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT).

According to Mrs Titiola Rhodes-Vivour, Coordinator of the DSVRT, who was present in court, the child had informed her classmate about the defilement which had occurred several times around the school premises.

"The classmate who is the girl's friend,who told her mother who in turn told the father and the case was reported to the Eric Moore Police Station in Surulere.

"At the Police station, it was referred to the Gender Desk and the desk got in touch with DSVRT for further investigation.

"The survivor could not tell her parents because the accused threatened to flog her, telling her that she will die if she tells anybody of the defilement.

"According to the survivor, who was preparing for her Common Entrance Examination, the pupil used to stay after school hours to be tutored by Eyo, who works also as the headteacher, choir master and class teacher."

"Eyo had the habit of isolating the survivor from her classmates and defiling her in the classroom and infected her with Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD)."

"The survivor alleged that the sexual abuse had started since September 2017 when she was in Primary five."

The case has been adjourned until June 25.