JSS 2 Girl's Brutality: Lagos Government Removes Principal and Others.

Earlier this week, we brought news to you of a JSS II pupil, Ogechi Anyalewechi, who was flogged brutally by her school principal and some of the school's teachers, because she slapped the school's head girl.

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday has however removed the Principal of Eva
Adelaja Girls Secondary School in Bariga, Lagos, Mrs C. O. Coker,
Vice-Principal, Mrs Balogun and the four teachers.

Reports gathered that the teachers are Mr Bello (Mathematics), Mrs
Tejumaye (English language), Mrs Omoge (Physic Education) and Mr
Bakare (Economics).

Lagos State Ministry of Education Permanent Secretary Mrs Olabisi Ariyo
disclosed that they were removed because of their complicity in the
“Assault Saga.”

Her words: They will no longer work in the school from
Thursday, March 24.”

It will be recalled that Ogechi was flogged on her bare buttocks after
slapping back the Head Girl, who reported her to the school. Ogechi
suffered body wounds from the strokes and was later taken to the Lagos
State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja for treatment.

When the incident went viral, the state Commissioner for Youth and Social
Development, Princess Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf directed the Directorate of
School Social Services of her ministry to probe it and a fact-finding
team indicted the principal and the teachers.

Princess Akinbile-Yussuf words: “The Director of the School Social
Services on my instruction went to the school to carry out on the spot
investigation following which all those involved including the principal, the
head girl, Ogechi, he

r parents and Tutor-General of Education District 2,
were on Wednesday, March 23 (yesterday), invited before a panel chaired
by Muri-Okunola and his education ministry counterpart, Mrs Ariyo was
also there.

“The head girl confessed that she slapped Ogechi first and apologised to
her for her improper behaviour. It was also confirmed that the principal
subsequently instructed some teachers to give Ogechi about 12 strokes of
the cane on her backside. The principal and teachers have since been
removed and will now report to the Education District 2 while the assault
victim and the erring head girl were appropriately counselled by the School
Social Services Directorate on the proper way to conduct themselves in
school.”

“We have also instructed that the victim (Ogechi) should not be harassed
or molested as she returns to the school to continue her studies and her
parents were happy with the outcome of the intervention.

“However, the ministry shall henceforth step up the school social services
to educate both students and teachers on the best conduct in school
environment across all public schools in Lagos State,” she stated.

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