» Queen’s College Sex Scandal: Police Interrogates Teacher For 13 Hours «

DETECTIVES at the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja
have interrogated the Queen’s College, Yaba, teacher, Mr.
Olaseni Osifala, alleged of harassing a JSS2 female student
in the night.
Police source told our correspondent that the teacher was
quizzed for over 13 hours from Tuesday evening to early
morning of yesterday. The detectives told Mr. Osifala of
the source of the petition.
As at the time of filling this report, Mr. Osifala was still at
the police command waiting for another round of
interrogation on the issue.
According to the source, during the interrogation, the
detectives told him that there were several groups interest­
ed in the case prompting the teacher to ask for the woman
who raised the alarm.
During his interrogation yesterday, the detectives informed
him of the source of the petition, asked him what he knew
about the allegation which he denied and the teacher
demanded to see the woman who raised the alarm of her
daughter being harassed.
On Monday, Mr. Osifala was invited with the Principal, Dr.
Lami Amodu to the police command for questioning and
was with his interrogators till 7.00pm after he had written
a statement.
The Principal, Mrs. Amodu after writing her statement was
asked to go while Mr. Osifala was made to stay behind for
further questioning before being asked to go home around
7pm and was directed to report early the next day.
Detectives asked him to report back on Tuesday morning
which he did, he was released and summoned again in the
afternoon to answer more questions
The allegation took a new twist yesterday as some staff of
the college were invited to write statement and inter­
rogated later on what they knew about the harassment.
There is an easy calm in the college following the
revelation that the Old Girls Association of Queen’s Col­
lege was behind the predicament of Mr. Osifala. The
association was said to have sent the petition to the po­
lice command indicting the teacher.
It was gathered that the woman who accused the teacher
of harassing her daughter at the female hostel , has not
shown up at the police command since Monday.
A source at the college told our correspondent that the
Principal, Mrs. Amodu has been invited by the Federal
Ministry of Education, Abuja, over the issue.
Several calls to her line were not answered but a staff at
the college said the principal left Abuja yesterday for
Lagos after briefing ministry staff of the situation. The
source confirmed a panel had been set up by the ministry.
The Parents – Teachers Association (PTA) of the college
on Monday said no member of the body had brought the
issue to the attention of the PTA and described the woman
as faceless.
SS3 students of the college lead by the Head Girl and
some old students staged a protest on Monday in support
of the embattled teacher and denounced the allegation.
A lawyer, Barrister Tony Ezimah told Daily Sun it would be
difficult for the police to make any headway in the case if
the woman who accused the teacher of harassing her
daughter did not show up.
Ezimah said the police can act on the petition from the old
girls of the college but would require the complaint to
prove the allegation against the teacher.