The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team, DSVRT, has arrested one Emmanuel Madueke, the 62-year-old proprietor of Megland Comprehensive School, Lekki in Lagos State, for allegedly sexually assaulting and harassing a 14-year-old student of his school.
In a statement issued and released on Sunday to newsmen, DSVRT Coordinator, Mrs Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, said the proprietor sexually harassed the student on May 26, the day schools celebrated Children’s Day, NAN reports.
She said a team comprising of officers of the Lagos State Office of Education Quality Assurance, Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development and the DSVRT visited the school on June 17 to investigate the claims.
She noted that investigations revealed that the perpetrator had developed a cordial relationship with the senior secondary school student before allegedly perpetrating the illegal act.
“In an interview with the student by the team, she disclosed that the school proprietor during the school’s Children’s Day celebration made advances towards her.
“He kissed her on her lips but she was able to push him away and ran out of his office.
“She added that since the incident, she had made every effort to distance herself from the proprietor,” she said.
Adeniyi further revealed that Madueke claimed that his action was an innocent gesture on the student’s cheek.
“Further investigations revealed that the affected student might not be the only student to have fallen victim to sexual harassment in the hands of the alleged perpetrator.
“It was further alleged that Madueke tactically grooms female students who become acquainted with him promising educational advancement as a reward to them,” she added.
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