A primary school teacher identified as Mr Nathaniel is currently detained at the Aba Police Area Command for reportedly having carnal knowledge of a 10-year-old female pupil in his class.
According to The Nation, the case is being handled by the human rights section of the Aba Area Command.
It was gathered from the victim’s close family source, that the teacher started abusing his pupil in January this year.
Nathaniel was said to have threatened to deal with the child if she ever mentioned it to her parents.
However, the child summoned the courage to let the cat out of the bag last week when she approached the mother and narrated the incident to her.
The father of the victim, Mr Ignatius Onyechekwe when contacted confirmed the illicit activities of the classroom teacher.
According to Onyechekwe, they took their daughter to a popular private hospital off Georges road in Aba where it was confirmed that there was penetration in the victim’s private part.
When contacted, the proprietor of the school, Pastor Israel Chibunna confirmed that the staff is being detained at the Aba Area Command where he is being investigated by the police on the claims by the Onyechekwe’s family that the staff raped their daughter.
Pastor Chibunna also stated that the staff had in response to a query issued to him denied ever carrying out such act.
The school proprietor, who said that he was not going to speak further on the matter as the police were still investigating the allegation, disclosed that the staff has been suspended from work pending the conclusion of the matter.
