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A magistrate’s court in Minna, Niger state, has granted N1 million bail to Mohammed Mohammed, a school vice-principal accused of impregnating his 16-year-old student.

Mohammed is standing trial on a two-count charge of unlawful sexual intercourse with a child, and impregnating a female student.

On April 4, Mohammed who is the vice-principal of government secondary school, Tunga in Niger state, was first arraigned but he pleaded “not guilty.”

Since then, he has been in prison custody.

At the court on Tuesday, Fatima Auna, the magistrate, granted the accused bail and also ordered him to produce one surety, who must be a civil servant on grade level 12 or above.

Auna said the bail was in line with sections 35 and 36 of the 1999 constitution, and sections 341 and 342 of the criminal procedure code.

Hussaini Paiko, police prosecutor, had told the court that one Sokombo Danjuma reported the matter at the Child rights agency which, in turn, transferred it to the police.

Paiko said the offences contravened sections 18 (2) and 25 (3) of the child rights law of Niger state.