A 33-year-old teacher, John Jeremiah Essilfie is in the grips of the Sekondi Police for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 15-year old student.
He has been placed in police custody and would be arraigned for prosecution on Monday, August 25.
The Western Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Olivia Ewurabena Adiku, told the GNA in Takoradi on Sunday that both the suspect and victim are at Woode Methodist Junior High School.
She said the father of the victim, Francis Johnson, reported to the Police on August 19, that Essilfie had defiled and impregnated his daughter.
Essilfie, who teaches Basic Design and Technology and Fante at the school was arrested on Saturday, August 23, and was remanded into police custody.
The Police issued a medical form to the complainant to take his daughter to hospital for examination while police investigations continue.
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