Nigeria, June 18 -- A 34-year old school teacher, identified as Pascal Ofomata, has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for raping his 11-year-old, JSS 1 student in Onitsha, Anambra State. A Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court sitting at Awka, gave the sentence in a ruling on a case of rape and infliction of physical harm brought before it against Mr Oformata. The offences are punishable under section 3(1), 4 (1) respectively of the Violence against Persons Prohibition Law, and the offense of Sexual Abuse punishable under section 35 (2) of the Child's Right Law of Anambra State. Ofomata, a teacher at St Christopher's Junior Seminary 3-3 Onitsha pleaded not guilty to the 3-count charge and outrightly denied penetrating the victim's ...