Arabic teacher sentenced to 21 years in prison for attempted sexual assault of pupil
An Arabic teacher, Oladosu Sakiru, has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for attempting to sexually assault a 13-year-old female pupil.
The convict was sentenced by the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday.
The trial judge, Justice Rahman Oshodi, sentenced Sakiru following his guilty plea to the amended two counts of attempted sexual assault by penetration and indecent treatment of a child.
The judge held that the evidence before the court deduced a pattern of predatory behaviour as the convict subjected the survivor to inappropriate touching and forced himself on her.
He stated, “As an imam and an Arabic school teacher, you occupy a position of significant trust, that trust extended not only to the 13-year-old child, the one you victimised but also to her parents and the entire community who look to you for spiritual and moral guidance.
“You betrayed this trust in the most deplorable manner.”
