Aderonke Makinde, a 35-year-old teacher employed at Westgate Land Emperial Creche, Nursery and Primary School, was charged in the Mushin district of Lagos State after allegedly using a cane to beat a 9-year-old student named Oyinkansola Kayode.

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She appears in front of Magistrate E. Kubenje on one count of assault.

The defendant committed the offence on March 28, 2023, according to police prosecutor Ajayi Kehinde, a deputy superintendent of police (SP).

The indictment said that Aderonke Makinde had assaulted a 9-year-old girl named Oyinkansola Kayode by caning her on March 28, 2023, at the school located at No. 1 Okesanya Street, Papa-Ajao, Mushin, Lagos State in the Lagos Magisterial District.

The charge read that Aderonke Makinde, on 28th March 2023, at the school located at No. 1 Okesanya Street, Papa-Ajao, Mushin, Lagos State in the <a href="https://ng.opera.news/tags/lagos-magisterial">Lagos</a> Magisterial District had assaulted one Oyinkansola Kayode, 9-year-old by flogging her with a cane, an offence that contravenes Section 172 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

The teacher pleaded not guilty to the charge. The defendant was granted a bail in the sum of N50,000 with one surety.