Niger State Ministry of Education has suspended the Vice Principal, Malam Mohammed Mohammed, who had s3xually violated and impregnated a female student, Miss Faith Danjuma, of his school, Government Day Secondary School, Tunga Minna.

 The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Alhaji Yahaya Garba disclosed this to newsmen in Minna on Wednesday in an interaction with the newsmen.

He said; “An 8-man committee, was set up and headed by Mrs Zainba Kolo, a Vice Principal in the school to investigate allegation against the embattled Vice Principal..

 “The committee was to suggest appropriate measures to be taken against the accused if the allegation was confirmed to be true based on the provision of the public service regulation.

 “The committee came out with the following findings; that the student is pregnant as proved by the laboratory test conducted at Minna General Hospital.

 “That Faith is seven weeks and six days pregnant as at the time of the findings and was expected to deliver Nov 9, and that the accused was responsible for the pregnancy,” he said.

 Garba further explained that the committee recommended for the accused to be forced to take responsibility of the child and the mother for accepting committing the crime.

 He added further that the committee also recommended that the accused should be transfer to a male school after investigation and if not found guilty.