A victim in the trial of Godwin Adigbli, a 45-year-old French teacher at the Labone Senior High School, who is facing charges of indecent assault, has narrated her account of the alleged sexual harassment she experienced.
The 16-year-old female student, in her witness testimony, testified in court that a French teacher, identified as Adigbli, allegedly forcibly held her, kissed her roughly, and dragged her into a room containing a mattress.
According to the victim, the French teacher had been flirtatious and had earlier made suggestive comments towards her, adding that she did not expect any harm, but upon entering, Adigbli allegedly held her by the waist and began kissing her.
In the 16-year-old female student’s witness testimony admitted into evidence by the Domestic Violence and Victim Support District Court, read, “The accused person stopped saying such words and thought it was over. I eventually got to his office, he unlocked the door, and told me to bring his bag inside. I did not expect him to do anything bad to me when I entered the office.
“He forcibly held my waist and began kissing me roughly in his office, so I hit him across his face and other parts of his body to make him let me go, but all efforts proved futile because he was stronger than me,” portions of her statement read.
She added, “He then dragged me into a room in the French lab where there was a student mattress and a fridge with a sink”.
“The accused said he wanted to suck my breast; he then forcibly put his finger into my vagina. It was a very devastating experience. The accused pushed me onto the mattress in the storeroom, unbuckled his belt, brought out his penis, and tried to put it into my mouth,” she stated in her witness testimony.
The 16-year-old female student added, “I then bit his penis hard; he was in serious pain, and that was when I got the opportunity to run out. I went to my classroom in pain and was scared to report the issue because I was writing my final year exams. I was also afraid I would meet him at the exam hall, and that would torment me.
“I later went to the dormitory to use the washroom and found blood stains in my underwear. I also felt a sharp pain in my abdomen that hurt badly. I went to the teacher’s Staff Common Room, informed a teacher called Mr Evans, and also called my uncle,” she recounted.
Meanwhile, last year, Godwin Adigbli, the French Teacher, pleaded not guilty to the charge and was granted bail of GHC 50,000 with two sureties.
The prosecution revealed at the district court at the Domestic Violence and Victim’s Support Unit at the Police Headquarters in Accra that the French teacher inserted his fingers into the private parts of the female student.
According to the prosecution, Godwin Adigbli admitted to “inserting his fingers into the victim’s vagina and kissing her for a few minutes in the French lab of the school on August 28.”
The Labone French teacher was arrested on September 1, 2025, after the incident was reported to school authorities.
On Wednesday, October 22, 2025, lawyers of the Labone SHS French teacher pleaded for bail for the accused. The prosecution did not oppose the bail application.
The court granted the French teacher a GHC50,000 bail with two sureties to be justified.
He has also been ordered to report to the Police every two weeks at the Cantonment Police station.
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