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A 24-year-old teacher, Phillip Ebong, was arrested on Wednesday by the 
Gowon Estate Police Division, Akowonjo, Lagos, for allegedly victimising
 a 14-year-old pupil (name withheld) and banning her from attending his 
classes. Ebong, who teaches Physics and Chemistry at the Dee 
Jewels International College, Gowon Estate, Egbeda, 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. 
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5438533803477296299" name="more"></a> A copy of the petition made available to 
PUNCH Metro revealed that Ebong began 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 sexual 
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 her private part, after fondling her breasts and kissing her. It
 was said the harassment became too persistent, that the victim 
allegedly earned the title, “Uncle Phillip’s wife,” among her classmates
 and friends. Amaechi told PUNCH Metro, “The victim is a timid 
girl. I did not know the extent of the harassment she was facing until 
she opened up to me last Friday. Earlier, she had told me Ebong was 
asking her for a relationship and I told her to reject his advances. I 
thought it would stop at that. “I was shocked when she told me 
last week that she was no longer interested in staying in the science 
class; she wanted to switch to the arts and when I asked why, she said 
it was because Ebong had banned her from his classes. “Apparently,
 she had told him that I was aware that he had asked her for a sexual 
relationship. The revelation angered him. He even went as far as 
threatening that she would fail her examinations,” As at the time
 of Ebong’s arrest, the school principal was said to be busy as the SSS 
III students were taking the WAEC examination. However the school
 proprietor, identified as Mrs. Azubuike, who was alerted to the 
development, rushed down to the school. She said the victim never made a
 formal report to the school. She said, “We don’t condone such acts here. Had we been informed on time, we would have taken appropriate action.” When confronted, Ebong allegedly denied the accusation. He blamed the entire situation on his interest in his students’ success. He
 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.” Executive Director of Spaces for Change, Mrs. Victoria
 Ibezim-Ohaeri, said Amaechi came to her with the case on the same day 
her ward confided in her. She said, “We are prepared to seek 
legal redress in the court should the school and police fail to 
investigate this matter and exercise full disciplinary action against 
Ebong. “Our investigation has also shown that there are other students currently being abused by this same Ebong. “These
 acts of misconduct are not only indicative of poor supervision and 
negligence on the part of the school authorities, but also amount to 
continuing breeches of the victim’s fundamental human rights.” As of press time, PUNCH Metro gathered that the police had obtained statements from the victim’s classmates and friends. 
 
Source: Punch

Xclusive: 24 Year Old Teacher Arrested For Sexually Harassing Students In His Class [FULL STORY]

A 24-year-old teacher, Phillip Ebong, was arrested on Wednesday by the Gowon Estate Police Division, Akowonjo, Lagos, for allegedly victi...