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A 46-year-old teacher, Ikenna Ekwenam, on Wednesday appeared at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly breaking the arm of a 10-year-old pupil while flogging him for arriving late for a make-up test.
Ekwenam, who lives in Mushin, Lagos, is being tried for assault.
The defendant allegedly committed the offence on November 22 at CMS Grammar School, Bariga, Lagos.
Prosecuting Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ezekiel Ayorinde told the court that the defendant unlawfully assaulted the boy by flogging him with a cane, which resulted in injuries.
“The defendant, an agriculture science teacher, beat the Junior Secondary School (JSS 2) boy for failing to be punctual for a make-up test.
“When his mother came to pick him, she discovered that her son had been physical abused and severally injured.
“The mother took him to a hospital for treatment, where medical reports showed that the boy had dislocation on his left elbow bone,” Ayorinde said.
The prosecutor said that the case was reported to the police, who arrested the defendant.
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The prosecutor said that the offence contravened Section 173 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Following his plea of not guilty, Magistrate Mrs. B.O. Osunsanmi released him on bail of N100, 000 with two sureties in the like sum.
She said that the sureties should be employed and show evidence of two years’ tax payment to the Lagos State Government.
Osunsanmi adjourned the case till March 2.
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