Abdulsalam Salaudeen, a Lagos-based Islamic cleric, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for having carnal knowledge of his student.
Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence, Ikeja, Lagos, ordered his name to be registered in the sex offenders’ register.
Sometime in January 2019, the 43-year-old cleric, who was supposed to be teaching the victim Islamic studies, was caught having carnal knowledge of her through video footage that was later presented to a former state Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi.
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Salaudeen was arrested by the police and prosecuted for the crime.
The Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, in a statement on Thursday, said Soladoye, while giving her verdict, described Salaudeen as an unworthy cleric who must be weeded out of society to serve as a deterrent to other predators.