…AS MOTHER ALLEGES SCHOOL THREATENED HER DAUGHTER WITH DEATH
Following the rape scandal involving a 10 year old female pupil of CHRISLAND Schools, the Lagos State Government has closedown the institution indefinitely.
The school was shutdown when a 10-year-old pupil of the school was alleged to have been gang raped by her schoolmates during a trip to Dubai.
The video of the incident which was shared by Ubi Frank, a music manager on his social media account has gone viral and is dominating discussion on social media/
The ugly incident attracted outrage and widespread condemnation among Nigerians on social media forced the Lagos State Government in its reaction to shut down the school in a statement, which reads:
“The attention of the Lagos State Government has been drawn to the alleged sexual violence case involving students of Chrisland Schools which occurred in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
All allegations are being investigated by the relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies, including the Ministry of Education, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Ministry of Youth and Social Development, Ministry of Justice and the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, whilst the criminal allegations have been escalated to the Commissioner of Police.”
“In view of the allegations, we are committed to ensuring that adequate medical and pscyho-social support is provided.
“This is to reassure members of the public of the state government’s commitment to safety and child protection, especially in ensuring that all child-centred institutions within the state, formulate and implement policies and systems that are compliant with the Executive Order (NO.EO/AA08 of 2016), Lagos State Safeguarding and Child Protection Program.
“We also use this medium to remind the general public that any person who engages in any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct involving a child, commits an offence and is liable to a custodial sentence of 14 years. This includes ‘producing, distributing, receiving, or possessing an image of child pornography’.
“In the meantime, all Chrisland Schools within Lagos State are hereby closed, pending further investigations,” the state government stated.
Meanwhile, the mother of the pupil has reacted through a tearful video she released on Monday.
The mother of the girl said while her daughter was raped by her peers, someone recorded the act and posted it online.
According to the mother, the school tried to cover up the incident up. She stated that the school threatened her daughter not to talk to anyone about the incident or else they would kill her.
She said conducted a pregnancy test on the girl while ostensibly saying that they were carrying out a covid test on her.
She said that the girl gave her charger to one Kachi, who asked her to come for the charger in the night in the boys’ room which the outrageous sex act took place.
The mother said that it was when the daughter got there that the boys gave her a substance which she alleged made her to lose her mind.
“My child attends Chrislam School VGC. Good evening mothers, good evening to everybody to fellow Nigerians, I am making out this cry to every one to help me out.
“About a month ago, I was on my way out of Lagos, so I got a call from Mrs Azike, the head teacher of the school. She told me that she needed to see me, I said okay I would come when I return. So two days after, I came to the school, and met her with two other women in her office. One introduced herself as Mrs Kemi, that they came from Chrisland headquarters
“They just wanted me to know that my daughter whom I left in their care, that they took to Dubai, had a kiss with a boy and the boy kissed her. That they got that thing from true and dare.
“That what they wanted me to do was to take her phone from her so that she won’t do that again.
“I said okay, if it is just that I will get the phone from her. Even Mrs Kemi told me that I should not tell my husband, that it is not every thing women disclose to their husband.
“So I said ok, as long as this is just kissing, and that I will caution my daughter so I left them. I thought everything was fine.
“I left but they took my daughter elsewhere to interrogate her without my consent. They’ve been threatening that if she speaks out, they are going to kill her. That’s it is a men’s world and she shouldn’t disclose it to me.
“My daughter was dying in silence I didn’t know. They took her to go and do a pregnancy test and lied it was a COVID test, almost three times.
“Because we have started confronting them that we are aware of what they did, the school sent her a suspension letter”, she said in tears.
