The Akwa Ibom state High Court has remanded in custody five persons, including the principal and vice principal of Deeper Life High School, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State over the alleged sexual molestation of 11-year-old Don Davis, an ex-student of the school.
Deborah Okezie, mother of the JSS 1 student, who broke the news via her Facebook page, also revealed that the court ruled that all five arrested persons should be tried in court over the case.
However, the two accused minors will be tried in a Juvenile family Court.
She wrote; ”BREAKING NEWS: DEEPER LIFE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, NDIDI SOLOMON AND OTHER
ACCUSED PERSONS INVOLVED IN DON-DAVIS ARCHIBONG’S MOL STATION AND AB SED
CASE REMANDED IN PRISON CUSTODY: Today, all the suspects were arraigned afresh at the State High Court 7 Uyo and were asked to be rema nded in the prison Custody with stiff bail conditions.
So, the 5 of them, the Principal Ndidi Solomon, the Vice Principal, the w*cked House masters, Akpan and others apart from the 2 minors were ordered to be detained in the prison custody until they met their bail conditions.
Their lawyers were running up and down and cold caught all of them when the Judge gave the ruling.
Further more, after a lengthy argument that lasted for about 3hrs, the judge ruled that the 2 accused minors, Old and Shalom will be tried at the Juvenile family Court, while the other 5 accused persons will be tried in the open Court where everyone shall see them.
The matter has just began, with a different tone of music.
#Justice4Don-davis
#justice4othervoicelesschildren.”
