BULLY: STUDENT VOWS TO SUE ABUJA SCHOOL IF ABUSERS ARE NOT SANCTIONED
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Namtira Bwala, a victim of bullying at Lead British International School in Abuja, has threatened to sue the institution if the perpetrators are not held accountable.
She pleaded with the administrators of the school to look into the matter right away and to punish Maryam Hassan, Faliya, and the other nine kids with the worst penalties outlined in the student handbook.
An internet video that went viral on April 22 showed Miss Bwala being harassed by a well-known group of school bullies, who were commanded by a self-assured Maryamn Hassan and Ms. Faliya.
The incident led to the closure of the school. Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye, the minister of women’s affairs, issued the shutdown order on Tuesday.
The kid who was abused, however, threatened to take urgent and serious legal action against the school if the administration did not punish the bullies within 48 hours of receiving the letter. The letter was sent through her attorneys, Deji Adeyanju & Partners.
“We are Solicitors to Miss Namtira Bwala (acting through her next friend), from now on referred to as our client, on whose instruction we act.
“Our client and several other parents in Lead British International School have informed us, and we verily believe them, that this act of bullying is a recurring issue in the school, and despite several attempts to draw the school’s attention to it, the problem has persisted, leaving our client traumatised from the emotional and physical effect of the oppressive acts by these daredevil bullies.
“Regrettably, our client has, once again, been subjected to physical attacks in the hands of these bullies, with the video of the act going viral on social media,” the letter, signed by Marvin Omorogbe, read in part.
Miss Bwala’s lawyers lamented that rather than address the issue head-on by imposing severe sanctions on the student bullies; the school issued a timid statement lacking in force or recognition of the severity of the situation.
They stated that the bullied student completely dissociated herself from the statement issued by the school on 22 April, wherein a case of battery was unconscionably referred to as an ‘incident between minors.’
They stressed that it is this type of statement, coupled with the school’s gross negligence, that has enabled the student bullies, leading to increased incidences of unchecked bullying in the school, an environment that should ordinarily be a safe space for students.
“Sequel to the preceding, we have our client’s instruction to demand the immediate investigation and the pronouncement of the stiffest possible sanctions in the student’s rule book on Ms Maryam Hassan, Miss Faliya and nine other students who have formed a cult of bullies in Lead British International School, Gwarimpa, Abuja.
“Please note that if the school fails to sanction the student bullies within 48 hours of the receipt of this letter, we have our client’s further instruction to seek an immediate and severe legal redress against Lead British International School, Gwarimpa, without further recourse to you,” the letter added.
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