Chief Magistrate Caroline Oghuma of the Oredo Magisterial District has sentenced Paul Okugbowa, 39, the candidate of the Young Progressives Party, YPP, in the September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo State, to six months imprisonment for calling one Mrs Blessing Aigbudu a prostitute.

Okugbowa, the proprietor of Calvary Crown Academy, Benin City, was sentenced with an option of N100,000 fine alongside three teachers in the school.

The court sentenced two of the teachers to one year imprisonment, while the other one was slammed with three months jail term.

The convicted teachers are Blessing Osarodion, 27, Egharevba Esosa, 29, and Isioma Nimen, 35.