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A Nigerian teacher has been sentenced to life for defiling a 14-year-old student, resulting in pregnancy and childbirth, correcting website reported.
According to the agency, the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court in Lagos handed down the sentence to Joseph Ibanga on Monday.
The court presided over by Justice Abiola Soladoye found the teacher guilty of the charges proffered against him.
The prosecution team reportedly presented three witnesses at the trial, but Ibanga presented none and spoke for himself.
Defilement is reported to be a punishable offence under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015, and life imprisonment is the punishment for perpetrators if found guilty.
