Joshmodest:
This NUT chairman is either dumb or mentally impaired ....can u imagine somebody in charge of the hem of affairs of an education body , in the 21st century and not the caveman era ,calling a relationship between a teacher and a " 12 year old " ignorant girl " - a mutual relationship !
In some saner clines this is worse than rape , the teacher is a proper paedophile , cos I wonder what exactly would have attracted him to a 12 year old ! , He should be prosecuted for rape , and assaulting a minor ....the parents of the girl are clearly ignorant , myopic minded , highly uneducated , financially and mentally poor and very foolish , to allow such a relationship !
I sometimes wonder if the laws of the land , are only binding on the south, east and west , because the way this northerners are doing things like they're in a banana republic is alarming !!!!

Kagarko:
Wetin we no go hear or see for naija?

NUT defending her erred member. Teachers Are Great! No Controversy!

May God defend the girls and boys affected by these ugly menace bedeviling children In the country.

God Bless Nigeria and Nigerians.
Seun, Lalasticla & Mynd44

DesChyko:


Nah. I think he's on point.
It's permitted in their religion.

The problem is the religion which has laws that permits girls even younger to indulge in such.

See below 'a leader's' opinion

timtunday:
The Adamawa State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has refuted a media report that a teacher identified as Nathan (surname withheld) raped a 12-year-old schoolgirl in Namtari village of Yola South in Adamawa State.

The chairman of the union in the state, Comrade Rodney Nathan, speaking with Tribune Online at the union’s secretariat in Yola, said the claims made by Adamawa Police command, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), was premature, as according to him, “Proper investigations were not carried out before going to the press.”

Comrade Rodney told Tribune Online that the relationship between the teacher in Adamawa State and the schoolgirl was a known one to the parents of the girl and the society (Namtari) at large.

He said that as of the time, Mr Yusuf was arrested, the keys to his room were with the girl in question, which he said suggested that the duo were consciously engaged in a mutual relationship.

However, while condemning rape as a crime, he vowed to decisively deal with any teacher found in the act.

The NUT chairman contended that “one cannot call a mutual relationship between a schoolgirl and her teacher who are mutually in love a rape case.”

He said from the report submitted by a panel of enquiry set up by NUT to investigate the matter, it became known that the schoolgirl, a student of Government Secondary School (GSS), and Nathan, a primary school teacher in Namtari, had been lovers for at least, six months.

Also, the NUT chairman the investigation committee’s report revealed that the schoolgirl “is carrying a six-month pregnancy, an indication that a long term relationship had existed between the teacher and the schoolgirl.”

The NUT chairman, further queried the claims be security agents, as he asked: “At what point did the rape take place, was it six months ago, or now that it was discovered the schoolgirl is carrying a six-month pregnancy?

Comrade Rodney blamed the parents of the minor for encouraging the relationship, as it was reported that the accused teacher was always in her house and her parents were aware of the relationship.

Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/tribuneonlineng.com/alleged-rape-adamawa-teacher-12-year-old-schoolgirl-are-lovers-nut-chairman/amp/

UceeGod:

Most of you guys didn't read the story. He didn't defend the teacher, he only flayed the Civil Defense for not making investigation before concluding a rape case.

GoldHorse:
Sentiments apart this is not rape as in forcefully having carnal knowledge of someone. Yes, because of the the age we can call it statutory rape but again, can we?

The parents are supposed to be in the know. It's left for the court decide if is statutory rape or its allowed under their culture or religion or both. At least we know that somehow consent was given by the parents and the girl (though technically illegal).

Is it not in Nigeria that a senator claimed it is allowed under sharia law?!

We should not twist the point the NUT chairman was making. Some are already doing that.

Duggedised12:
The age of sexual consent in Nigeria is 11 years Know the law before the outrage. So at best its not statutory rape. This is why your senators marry 13 year olds and get away with it.

Wallade:


Well, your point is noted, especially given that Nigeria has the lowest age of consent in the world. This can only escape statutory rape in the world but no where else in the world.

careytommy37:
Can't blame the NUT chairman sha o, age of consent for muslims is 11 years according to Nigeria's constitution.

Duggedised12:
The outrage should be directed at our lawmakers ,they are the real monsters who set the rules only to favor them.

175:
What kind of headline is this? Pregnant or impregnate

Wallade:


I see you are a Moslem. It will be interesting to have people like you champion the advocacy for review of the consent age.

Duggedised12:
i am not a Muslim o, lol disregard that thing on my profile, na strong head carry me enter Muslim thread lol.

Wallade:


Really, Nairaland has so much room for people willing to express their views in masks. The strong head still dey work you abi

carinmom:


Why are you guys bringing in shari'a into this matter, is Nathan the teacher a Muslim, both the teacher and the student are Christians, so why bring in shari'a law into crime perpetrated by Christians just because it happened in Adamawa, is Adamawa a state populated by Muslims alone, are there not Christians?

Duggedised12:
sorry ,rephrase

UceeGod:

Most of you guys didn't read the story. He didn't defend the teacher, he only flayed the Civil Defense for not making investigation before concluding a rape case.

carinmom:


Why are you guys bringing in shari'a into this matter, is Nathan the teacher a Muslim, both the teacher and the student are Christians, so why bring in shari'a law into crime perpetrated by Christians just because it happened in Adamawa, is Adamawa a state populated by Muslims alone, are there not Christians?

GoldHorse:


Oh well! Madam see the attached. People who know more than me have even cleared the air. This is no crime. The man can enjoy his wife to be. Sharia or no sharia.

Wallade:


Don't tell me you didn't get the gist

DesChyko:


Nah. I think he's on point.
It's permitted in their religion.

The problem is the religion which has laws that permits girls even younger to indulge in such.

See below 'a leader's' opinion

Duggedised12:
nope

Wallade:


Read it again till you get the gist. I trust you can get it; I didn't use any code in my statement.

sankky:
I am asking this question for the umpteenth time : why is it that if it was a southerner that did this, he will be arrested for rape or child abuse but when its a northerner, it will be called romance?

Hedonisco:
One more evidence to show that the primitive North and the enlightened South are not compatible. This forced Union between North and South is a grave injustice.

mercyvivv:
Haaa, this is so astonishing! So, even the NUT chairman subscribes to child marriage, or what is he saying?! Is high time people gets jail time for certain callously statements o!!
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