The Ministry of Education, stated the investigative panel into alleged s3xual molestation on a female student of Queens College, Ikeja, Lagos could not establish any evidence to indict the accused teacher.
Prof. Anthony Anwukah, the Minister of State for Education, who briefed newsmen on Friday in Abuja, stated the mother of the victim failed to appear before the committee to prove her case.
The NANrecalls that Anwukah had on March 22, set up a committee to investigate the alleged s3xual molestation of a student of the college.
He stated that the ministry would take appropriate actions following the recommendations of the committee.
“The Investigation Committee did not establish any credible evidence against the accused teacher, considering the fact that Mrs Chinenye Okoye remained unidentified, faceless and inaccessible despite the Committee’s best efforts and assurances to protect her identity and that of her daughter.
“Consequently, the Investigation Committee finds it difficult to recommend disciplinary action against the accused teacher as the complait failed to come forward to prove this weighty accusation.
“The Committee could not establish any cover up of s3xual molestation by the management of Queens College.
“The Federal Ministry of Education notes and accepts all the recommendations of the Committee and will take actions as appropriate,” he stated.
The minister asked anyone with information that could lead to the identification of the alleged victim or her mother or with any credible and substantiated evidence to approach the ministry.