Teacher arrested for harassing 14-year-old student
Published: 2013 May 17 07:11:07 (5182 Views)
A 24-year-old teacher in Nigeria, Phillip Ebong, was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly victimising a 14-year-old pupil and banning her from attending his classes.
Ebong, who teaches Physics and Chemistry at the Dee Jewels International College was arrested during school hours after a complaint was lodged at the police station by Spaces for Change, a non-governmental organisation on youth development, on behalf of the pupil and her guardian, Mrs. Theresa Amaechi.
Apparently Ebong started harassing the victim from the first day of her enrolment in the school in January 2013.
The petition read, "On repeated occasions, Ebong invited the victim to the staff room informing her of his desire to have an intimate relationship with her. Consequently, the victim became a regular visitor to the staff room during break periods.
"On such visits, he made [inappropriate] advances to her which often involved kissing and hugging. Several times, Ebong followed her home, waiting at the gate to avoid being seen by her guardian."
The petition alleged that under much pressure from Ebong, the victim eventually invited the teacher to her guardians' home while they were away.
Ebong was alleged to have cajoled her to expose herself.
It was said the harassment became too persistent, that the victim allegedly earned the title, "Uncle Phillip's wife," among her classmates and friends.
Ebong said, "I am close to all my students; that is what I was taught in the College of Education that a teacher had to be friendly. I just took an interest in the victim because I noticed she was not taking her homework seriously. All this talk of my touching and kissing her, they are all lies. I admit going to her house but it was because I wanted to see her guardian."
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Ebong, who teaches Physics and Chemistry at the Dee Jewels International College was arrested during school hours after a complaint was lodged at the police station by Spaces for Change, a non-governmental organisation on youth development, on behalf of the pupil and her guardian, Mrs. Theresa Amaechi.
Apparently Ebong started harassing the victim from the first day of her enrolment in the school in January 2013.
The petition read, "On repeated occasions, Ebong invited the victim to the staff room informing her of his desire to have an intimate relationship with her. Consequently, the victim became a regular visitor to the staff room during break periods.
"On such visits, he made [inappropriate] advances to her which often involved kissing and hugging. Several times, Ebong followed her home, waiting at the gate to avoid being seen by her guardian."
The petition alleged that under much pressure from Ebong, the victim eventually invited the teacher to her guardians' home while they were away.
Ebong was alleged to have cajoled her to expose herself.
It was said the harassment became too persistent, that the victim allegedly earned the title, "Uncle Phillip's wife," among her classmates and friends.
Ebong said, "I am close to all my students; that is what I was taught in the College of Education that a teacher had to be friendly. I just took an interest in the victim because I noticed she was not taking her homework seriously. All this talk of my touching and kissing her, they are all lies. I admit going to her house but it was because I wanted to see her guardian."
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