Deeper life school saga: Trial of two Deeper Life High School boys wey dem suspect to molest JSS 1 student don start
21 January 2021
Wia dis foto come from, Deeper life High school, Uyo
One juvenile court for Nigeria southern city of Uyo don start di trial of two boys wey be students of di Deeper Life High School for allegedly molesting one 11 year old junior student.
Di two senior Students - wey be 13 years old - chop accuse say dem commit act of gross indecency unlawfully and indecently assaulting di junior student.
Di court charge dem alongside five oda officials of di school.
Deeper Life School: Court commences trial behind closed-door
The alleged sexual abuse of an 11-year-old boy in a school dorm has attracted huge public interest.
The trial of
the Deeper Life High School sexual abuse case commenced on Wednesday in Uyo, with the magistrate court holding its proceedings behind closed-door.
Two students of the school, both of them 13 years old, accused of sexually molesting a fellow student, an 11-year-old boy, are being prosecuted by the police.
Five officials of the school, including a suspended principal, are also on trial.
An official, said to be the court registrar, asked people, including lawyers, who were not parties in the case, to leave the courtroom before the proceedings began.
Deeper Life School: Court cautions victim’s mother against discussing case on Facebook Let the media stay off, let the court do justice on the merit of the case.” 3 min read
A Chief Magistrate in Uyo, Winifred Umohandy, on Thursday, cautioned Deborah Archibong, the mother of the victim of the alleged sexual abuse at the Deeper Life High School to desist from discussing the case on Facebook.
Mrs Archibong has been gaining a huge following on Facebook since December
when she came out to say via Facebook livethat her 11-year-old son, a JSS1 student of the school, was sexually abused by two senior students of the school.
Sexual abuse: Deeper Life School officials, students plead not guilty
The accused persons were granted bail and the case adjourned to January 20 for hearing.
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Five officials of the Deeper Life High School, Uyo, on Thursday pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against them over the alleged sexual abuse of the 11-year-old student of the school.
Two SS1 students of the school, both of them 13 years old, were also arraigned in the same court. The two also pleaded not guilty.
The officials are Joseph Nseabasi, Akpan Johnson, Egor Wilson, Joseph Ikenna, and Ndidi Solomon, the suspended principal of the school.