Four teachers of Chrisland Schools located in Ajah Area of Lagos have been docked before a Lagos Magistrate Court in Yaba presided by Magistrate Adebayo.
The affected staff are Oladotun Sotunde, Elesho Tajudeen, a female teacher, Rhoda Olanipekun and Ajiboye Hammed said to have accompanied the pupils to the world School Games in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.
They were arraigned on two counts charges bordering on conspiracy and attempt to pervert justice.
They however pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The head of the Legal department at the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Superitendent Yetunde Cardoso said that the defendants committed the offence on April 25, at Chrisland School, in Victoria Garden City, Idimu, Lagos.
According to the Police, the defendants were asked to accompany and supervise the students to Dubai for a world school games.
She held that the sureties must submit copies of their National Identification Number, NIN, and their Lagos State Residents Registration Agency, LASRRA, card.
She further directed that one of the sureties must be a land owner, but all of them must be residing within the court’s jurisdiction and be gainfully employed with evidence of three years tax payment to the Lagos State Government.
Magistrate Adebayo ruled that the case file be duplicated and sent to the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution, DPP, for legal advice.
She adjourned the case until June 13 for mention.
The Section 97 provides seven years imprisonment for the offence of attempting to pervert justice while Section 411 provides two years for conspiracy.
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