The OYO state Police Command verified the arrest of the Federal Government Girl’s College, Oyo teacher on Friday in connection with the alleged rape of a 14-year-old pupil.
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The Commissioner of Police Oyo State in an Interview with the Ladies of ‘Your View confirmed the arrest. He reveal that the victim claimed that the teacher has been having canal knowledge of her and it has been a continues act since November 2021 to May 2022.
The commissioner also revealed that the suspect has been charged to court. He shared that the scene has been visited and the description of the house the victim gave matches what they saw.
Speaking about if the Principal and Vice Principal of the school was also arrested he said,
“We sent an invitation letter to the Principal an we also sent a letter to the Honourable Minister for the official release of the principal and vice principal to come and answer the allegation against but they haven’t shown up.
We are waiting for the release by the ministry then if he doesn’t show up, we will arrest him”. He added
Recall that the victim’s family has petitioned the federal government for justice about the alleged rape and abuse of their daughter by Timothy Alayoteti, a teacher at the school.
The victim’s older sister, Mercy Gabriel, asserted at a news conference on Friday in Ibadan that the teacher’s actions had scarred her sister.
She added that the family had extra grief as a result of the school administrator, who she claimed did nothing to expose the guilty teacher after the situation was brought to her attention.
She said, “My sister came home with her siblings but she was moody, so I asked her what happened and persuaded her to talk to me but she did not.
“A month after, she and one of the Parent-Teacher Association representatives came to my shop and told me the whole story that my little sister was molested and raped by her teacher, one Mr. Alayoteti.
“I was surprised when my parent went to the school and the school principal said the incident was just a mere rumour, also, no legal action was taken, we were forced to report the incident to the police in Oyo.”
“In our investigation, we were able to locate the molester (Timothy Alayoteti).”
“He has been molesting the girl since she was in Junior Secondary School (class three) when she was 12 years old. He has damaged the girl physically and psychologically.”
“Timothy has been arrested and detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Iyaganku, Ibadan.”
A representative of the Parent Forum of the school, Mrs. Nancy Faniran, said the timely intervention of the parent forum led to the arrest of the suspect.
She said, “We call this meeting to let people know the criminal act and ensure that justice is served. Any effort to scuttle the case will lead to crises.
“Similar case has been reported to the school principal two years ago, and the perpetrator happened to be the same Mr. Alayoteti.
“There was this case of this same Alayoteti barging into the girls’ hostel and the case was reported to the principal but nothing was done to it.”
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