Teachers suspected of defiling Class four pupil arrested

Little Angels Academy teachers in Isiolo after their arrest on July 26, 2016. The two are suspected of defiling a Standard Four pupil for the last two months. PHOTO | VIVIAN JEBET | NATION MEDIA GROUP

What you need to know:

  • Isiolo police boss Charles Ontita confirmed that medical examinations had established that the girl had been defiled.
  • The pupil said the teachers usually ordered her to remain in school in the evening while the rest of the pupils left for their homes.
  • The girl’s father said he had received a call informing him that his daughter had been found by a Good Samaritan after she went missing last week.

Police in Isiolo on Tuesday arrested two teachers on suspicion that they have been defiling a nine-year old school girl for the last two months.

According to police reports, the teachers from Little Angels Academy have been drugging the Standard Four pupil before defiling her.

The two, Nicholas Mwirigi and Paul Murithi, aged 26 and 24 respectively, were arrested while at school and booked at Isiolo police station.

Angry parents attempted to lynch thems but they were rescued by police.

Isiolo police boss Charles Ontita confirmed that medical examinations had established that the girl had been defiled.

The pupil said the teachers usually ordered her to remain in school in the evening while the rest of the pupils left for their homes.

She added that the teachers had threatened to kill her if she reported the matter to anyone.

The girl’s father said he had received a call informing him that his daughter had been found by a Good Samaritan after she went missing last week.

“She had been defiled in school and abandoned at an unknown place while unconscious,” said her father.

Mr Ontita said investigations were in the final stages and the suspects will be arraigned in court on Wednesday to answer to defilement charges.

"This is a serious offence, I want to assure that the law will take its course and justice will prevail,” said Mr Ontita.