Teacher arrested for sodomising 9-year-old boy in Calabar

A school teacher, identified as Samuel John Ikpeme, has been arrested by the Nigeria Police for sodomising a 9-year-old boy in Calabar, Cross River State capital.

It was gathered that Ikpeme has been allegedly having anal sex with the boy (name withheld) for over a year.

The victim is a pupil in the school the suspect teaches, situated along Parliamentary Road, in Calabar Municipality local government area.

Findings revealed that the victim started the school in April 2018, when his parents moved into Akai Efa, and a few weeks after, the suspect started sodomising him.

The matter lingered until a Child Rights Activist and the Principal Counsel of Basic Rights Council Initiative (BRCI), Barr. James Ibor came to the rescue of the minor.

Ibor, while addressing newsmen said that the suspect had threatened to kill the victim if he mentioned the act to his parents or anyone.

Ibor said, “The boy’s anus has been badly lacerated because his innerwear was also heavily covered with bloodstains coming out from his anus.