There is nowhere safe for children anymore as a male Islamic teacher defiles eight pupils.
According to reports, the male Islamic teacher has been arranged before the court. He would be prosecuted for his acts by the law court.
Justice Abiola Soladoye of Nigeria’s Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court in Lagos State convicted the Islamic teacher in Lagos. Adam Farouk on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, after finding him guilty of defilement on multiple occasions.
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Reports indicate the victims are between the ages of six and eleven. The convict defiled these children between November 2018 and February 2019 on Balogun Street, Parkview Estate, Ikoyi area of the state.
The Lagos State Government arraigned him on eight counts of sexual assault after his arrest. He could face up to twenty years in prison. Justice Soladoye said the prosecution team proved beyond doubt that Farouk was guilty of all eight counts. The evidence on bordering on sexual assault by penetration.
The consistency and demeanour of all the survivors in their testimonies showed that the convict had indeed abused them.
The demeanour of the defendant is nothing to write home about; his stony face appears mischievous; he is extremely unkind and ruthless, fingering his students with his index fingers.
He is meant to teach his students morals, discipline and values, but alas, the reverse is the case,” she lamented.
The minors identified the convict as their teacher who penetrated their private parts with his index fingers. He ordered the pupils to turn their backs while he defiled them one after the other.
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Justice Soladoye could not believe that none other than a Muslim teacher in whose care the minors were placed could have abused them. Before anything else, remember you are representing your faith.
What an Islamic teacher, who took undue advantage of poor students in Islam and messed around with their purity and dignity.
The dignity and safety of our students must be cherished. Dirty Islamic teacher of his kind must be locked away and made to pay for his dirty sexual indiscretions,” the disappointed judge said while delivering the life sentence on Farouk.
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