An Abuja Customary Court sitting at Jiwa, yesterday ordered one
William Thomas, a school teacher to pay N40, 000 as damages for
impregnating a secondary school student out of wedlock.
He was also ordered by the judge to pay a monthly maintenance fee
of N10, 000 for the baby’s upkeep.
Thomas was arraigned following a complaint by the father of the
girl, who had accused him of unlawfully putting his 25 year-old
daughter in the family way without parental consent.
The girl’s father said the action had jeopardized the education of
the girl, a secondary school student even as the accused had
abandoned her while she carried the pregnancy.
He said he had on two different occasions, with police intervention,
tried to end the relationship between the two unsuccessfully, adding
that he had also earlier taken the case to court claiming N5m as
damages. When the matter was read to the accused, he pleaded
guilty, and asked for leniency.
In her ruling, Judge A’isha Muhammad, ordered the convict to pay
the sum of N20,000 to the lady for expenses incurred during her
pregnancy and another N20,000 for delivery. She also ordered that
he should pay an additional N10,000 monthly for the baby’s upkeep
for the next two years.
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