Secondary School Student Sentenced to Prison for Threatening Teacher’s Life

Segun Dosumu, a SS3 student of Eyinni Comprehensive High School has been sentenced to three weeks imprisonment with hard labour for threatening to kill Mr Ismail Fadeyi, his teacher, with a bottle.

Dosumu, the 20-year-old secondary school student who resides at Iboro area of Ogun, had pleaded guilty to the charge preferred against him when it was read to him.

Consequently, after the review of facts of the case by the Prosecutor, ASP Wale Diyaolu, the Magistrate, Mr S. S. Sotayo convicted Dosumu of the charge.

Sotayo said that besides the admission of guilt, all the evidence presented in court had proven beyond reasonable doubt that the convict was guilty of the offence as charged.

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The magistrate therefore, sentenced the convict to three weeks in the correctional centre with hard labour, but with an option of N200,000 fine.

Earlier while reviewing the facts of the case, Diyaolu had told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Nov. 23 at 9.00 a.m. at Eyinni Comprehensive High School, Iboro, Yewa North of Ogun.

The prosecutor said that the offence contravened Section 86 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ogun 2006.