Man charged with impregnating pupil begs for out-of court settlement

A 40-year-old man Nwanne Nwaora charged with defiling and impregnating his neighbour’s daughter in Lagos has sought for an out-of-court settlement.

The accused requested before an Ikeja High Court on Monday that the case be settled out of court in the interest of the child produced by the unlawful act.

He made the request through his counsel Worer Obuagbaka.

Mr Nwaora, a resident of Ogba Lagos, is accused of forcefully having sexual intercourse with the 12-year-old pupil.

“If he is jailed, it will not be in the interest of the new child who will go through trauma knowing that her father is languishing in jail.

“I will like to request for an adjournment to enable us to interact with the relations of the victim so that the defendant will be made to take care of the new child and the defiled child by an order of this court,”Mr Obuagbaka told the court.

The defence counsel also asked for a plea bargain agreement by the prosecution and defence.

The prosecution team rejected the offer.

According to the prosecution, Nwaora defiled the pupil in November 2015 in her parents’ apartment.

He is alleged to have lured his victim’s brother out of the apartment by sending him on an errand.

After the incident, the defendant allegedly threatened to kill the pupil if she revealed it to anyone.

Months later, the pupil’s mother noticed changes in her body and confronted her, thereby making her to reveal what happened.

NAN reports that the two-year-old child born as a result of the defilement was in court with her mother and grandmother.

Justice Josephine Oyefeso adjourned the case until January 7, 2019 for definite trial or report of plea bargain.