The Lagos State Police Command has arraigned Stella Nwadigbo, 45, for indecent treatment and assault of a child.
Nwadigbo, who was arraigned in Magistrate Court 1, Ogba, on Thursday [today], went viral on Wednesday, January 8, after a video clip of her indecently treating and assaulting a three-year-old pupil of a primary school where she teaches in Ikorodu area of Lagos State went viral.
She has since been remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional facility, where she will stay till February 18, 2025, pending perfection of bail.
The defendant was remanded by Magistrate Olabisi Kusanu over indecent treatment and assault of one Abayomi Michael, a three-year-old pupil.
The suspect was arraigned by the Police on two counts bordering on indecent dealing and assault of a child, a statement by the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, explained.
She was granted bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum. The sureties must be gainfully employed, the court said.
When the case was called in court on Thursday, the prosecutor, Supol Raji Akeem, told the court, “That you, Nwadigbo Stella ‘f, on the 7™ day of January, 2025, at 1100hours being a teacher at Christ Mitot School Ikorodu-Lagos in the Lagos Magisterial District, did indecently dealt with one Abayorn Michael ‘m’ 3years old pupil in your class by giving him injury on his face and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 135 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015
“That you Nwadigbo Stella ‘f on the 7 day of January 2025. at about 1100hours at Christ Mitot School Ikorodu-Lagos, the Lagos Magisterial District did assault one Abayorr Michael ‘m aged 3years by giving him fist blows consistently on his face, which cause him injury and swollen face and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 172 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.”
