Teacher remanded for statutory rape of 15-year-old student

By Sodiq Adelakun

A magistrates’ court sitting in Yaba, in the Yaba Local Government Area of Lagos State, has ordered that a Yoruba teacher, Ololade Olayiwola, be remanded in a custodial centre.

Olayiwola, a Yoruba teacher at Fortland College located at 15, Bello Street, Mushin, was arraigned for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old student of the school.

He was arrested by the men of the state’s Area D Police Command, Mushin on February 15, 2023, on one count of sexual defilement.

The accused was said to have been having sexual intercourse with the victim, an under-aged, and had been in the act for a while in the school.

The case was reported at the police station by the victim’s parents and the suspect was later arrested.

According to the police prosecutor, Thomas Nurudeen, the offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.”

The charge read, “That you Ololade Olayiwola of No 25, Yusuf Street, Papa Ajao, Mushin between June 2021 and February 15, 2023, at Fortland College located at 15, Bello Street, Mushin in the Lagos State Magisterial District defiled one (name withheld) of 15-years-old by having sexual intercourse with her through her vagina and anus being her Yoruba teacher in the school and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.”

The defendant’s plea was not taken by the Magistrate, P. E Nwaka.

In his ruling, Nwaka ordered that the suspect be remanded in a custodial centre pending the outcome of the legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

He adjourned the case till March 22, 2023.