Ogun
State Commissioner for Education, Mr. Segun Odubela, has called a meeting of
parents, whose wards are in a private hostel where its proprietor is
presently facing interrogation over the defilement of a 12-year-old girl. In
the meantime, the hostel in question is at the verge of being sealed off by the
ministry as parents have been advised to relocate their wards before the
building is put under lock and key.
Also, a meeting has been fixed
between the commissioner and the victim’s parents in order to relocate her to
another school because of stigmatisation. Confirming
the development to Vanguard in a telephone conversation, Odubela said that
the case would be well handled to serve as a deterrent to others, adding “We
have visited the hostel and will seal it off. We are only waiting for parents
of other children to relocate them so that their education will not be
threatened. A meeting has been scheduled for tomorrow to map the way forward
for the victim.”
It will be recalled that on the
fateful day, the suspect, Mr. Akinduro, was said to have lured the victim to
his bed, asking her to remove her clothes, an idea that was vehemently refused
by the victim until a force was applied and out of fear, the victim ran to a relative
at Ikenne to report the mater. Mr. Akinduro, 60, proprietor of a private hostel
at Ita-Oyila village, Ikenne, was said to have allegedly raped the victim a
student of May Flower School, Ikenne
who was put in his custody and the matter was reported to the Police.
VANGUARD 06/02/2014
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