By Alade Adisa
The management of Christ Mitots Nursery and Primary School, Ikorodu, Lagos has shit down the school following the outcry that greeted the assault on a pupil of the school by a teacher.
This is just as the Lagos State government has invoked the Child Rights Act and its policy on Safeguarding and Child Protection against the teacher alleged to have assaulted the pupil.
In a statement by the spokesperson.of the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education,r Kayode Sutton, on Friday, the indicted teacher, Stella Nwadigbo, would be investigated to see whether she breached the Act and the policy.
The pupil in question is four-year-old Abayomi Michael.
“The Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA) of the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, in its fact finding mission, visited the School, which was approved in 2010, on Thursday, January 9, 2025, but discovered it was partially self-shut down and pupils asked to stay back at home till Monday, January 13, 2025.
“In her reaction, the Head Teacher, Mrs. B. Adeyeri, on behalf of the Proprietor, Rev.(Mrs.) O.N Olutoye, confirmed the need to protect other pupils from harassment and uncontrollable visits/ pressure from the public, who had been visiting the School premises for pictures/videos, which necessitated the temporary closure of the school.
“Meanwhile, Master Abayomi Michael has been referred for adequate medical attention and Mrs. Nwadigbo arrested and subsequently remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional facility till February 18, 2025, awaiting the Director, Public Prosecution’s legal advise.
“By her action, Mrs. Stella Nwadigbo has contravened the Child Rights Act and the Lagos State Policy on Safeguarding and Child Protection, which are punishable offenses under the law
“Albeit, investigation continues on Monday, January 13, 2025, which requires the attention of the School proprietor, Mrs. O. N. Olutoye, the Head Teacher, Mrs. B. Adeyeri, the victim, Master Abayomi Michael, his mother, Mrs. Okunlaya Adenike Fatimah, who is also a teacher in the School and engagement with other pupils.”
