A 35-year-old secondary school teacher in Jigawa State, has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), in the state for allegedly raping a 12-year-old Junior Secondary School, JSS1, student.
According to the state Commandant of the corps, Muhammad Gidado, the suspect who is a classroom teacher in a Junior Secondary School is the state, allegedly defiled the girl on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, in one of school toilets and was caught in the act by another teacher who reported the case to the school authority.
The commandant added that when the girl was interrogated, she confessed that the teacher had been having carnal knowledge of her for a long time, both during school hours and after school.
Gidado said further that the suspect who is married with four children, has confessed that he committed the crime and would soon be charged to court.