An Oredo Chief Magistrate’s Court in Benin has sentenced the proprietor of Calvary Crown Academy, Paul Okugbowa, and three teachers to prison for negligence and assaulting a parent.
The presiding magistrate, Caroline Oghuma, delivered her judgement on Thursday, sentencing Okugbowa to 6 months imprisonment with an option of a N100,000 fine for calling the mother of a pupil a prostitute.
It was gathered that Okugbowa was the candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) in the 2024 Edo governorship election.
The three teachers—Blessing Osarodion, Egharevba Esosa, and Isioma Nimen—were charged with negligence and abandonment of two pupils in their care. Osarodion and Esosa were sentenced to one-year imprisonment with an option of a N100,000 fine on each of the two counts related to negligence, which led to the injury of a 6-year-old pupil, Salma Aigbudu. Nimen was convicted for unlawfully abandoning another pupil, Zuri Aigbudu, 2, and sentenced to three months imprisonment or an option of N50,000.
The offences for which they were arraigned contravened Sections 167(2), 412, 270, 412, and 267 of the Criminal Laws of Edo 2022.
According to the charge sheet, Okugbowa committed the offence on September 8, 2023, at the AIG Zone 5 headquarters in Benin, where he conducted himself in a manner likely to cause a breach of peace.
He was said to have publicly called Mrs Blessing Aigbudu, the mother of the two pupils, a prostitute in the presence of her husband and bystanders to the hearing of the public.
For the teachers, the trio worked with the academy and were assigned as carers for the children.
According to the charge sheet, the teachers failed to carry out their duty concerning the six-year-old daughter, which led to an injury on her face on September 29, 2021, causing her serious harm.
Salma Aigbudu was said to have been wounded in the waiting room of the school during the closing hour, with no first aid administered to her by the teachers on duty.
The trio was also charged with abandoning another pupil, Zuri Aigbudu, in January 2022, thereby exposing the pupil to unnecessary danger.
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