By Daud Olatunji
ABEOKUTA—A magistrate court sitting in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State has struck out a sexual harassment case being pressed against the Director of Stephen Children homeschool, Rev. Isaac Newton.
Delivering his judgement after about a year of hearing the case, Magistrate B.O Ilo said he found no evidence against the accused person.
He noted that the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, stated that the case was borne out of “power tussle” within the management of the Home.
The Magistrate further said that the DPP found out that the account of the two principal witnesses in the case in respect of the allegations, were contradictory hence, he struck out the case.
The complainant, under the umbrella of the Concerned Past Students of Stephen Children Home, COPASSTECH, had earlier accused Rev Newton of sexually harassing 20…
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