A school teacher, Nwatu Isaac, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for defiling an eight-year-old pupil at El-Bossaa Nursery and Primary School in Epe. The sentencing took place at the Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja on Tuesday, 29 September 2026.
Justice Rahman Oshodi also mandated that Isaac’s name be added to the Sexual Offenders Register, as outlined in the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency Law of 2021.
The court found Isaac guilty of the offence committed on 10 March 2022, after the prosecution presented compelling evidence. Justice Oshodi noted the survivor’s credible testimony, given when she was nine, in which she detailed how Isaac, referred to as ‘Master Isaac’, lured her into the school toilet and assaulted her.
Additional evidence came from the survivor’s mother, who discovered blood on her daughter’s underwear shortly after school. Medical reports from the Mirabel Centre confirmed signs of penetration.
The court dismissed Isaac’s claims of not being at the school during the incident, as his own statements indicated otherwise. The survivor identified Isaac as the individual who took her into the toilet. Isaac’s defences, including suggestions that the assault could have been committed by her stepsister, were also rejected.
During sentencing, Justice Oshodi remarked on the breach of trust, explaining that Isaac had been entrusted by the survivor’s parents to transport their children. The judge instructed the prosecution to ensure that the survivor and her family receive the necessary support and protection under the Victim Assistance and Witness Protection Law of 2022.
Isaac was prosecuted under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015, which prescribes life sentences for unlawful sexual intercourse with a child.
