Enugu — A middle-aged man narrowly escaped death in Enugu, yesterday, following an attack by angry teachers of Metropolitan Girls Secondary School located at Ogui New Layout.
The man, an Enugu-based contractor (names withheld), was beaten and stripped naked for allegedly impregnating a Senior Secondary, SS1, student of the school (names withheld).
The culprit has been handed over to officials of National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
It was learnt that the victim (the girl) slumped and was bleeding profusely during the usual morning assembly. That was when the school authorities suspected the girl’s health was in danger and may be pregnant.
She later named the contractor as being responsible for the pregnancy.
The contractor, who claimed to be a pastor, was lured to the school where he was mobbed.
The state Commissioner for Education, Professor Uche Okolo, confirmed the incident. He said: “A man was apprehended. The man defiled a girl and she got pregnant. The child was bleeding and rushed to hospital. The school made a report to NAPTIP and the man came to the school to take the girl and he was arrested. The good thing is that he has been apprehended. He should go and face the law.”
