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Akwa Ibom school defends teacher who flogged student mercilessly, leaving her bruised because her ‘school uniform was short and goes against the Bible’ – –

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The administration of a non-public secondary faculty in Akwa Ibom State has responded to an allegation of kid abuse made towards considered one of its employees.

2021

A Fb person, Celestine Mel took to the platform to share photographs of the coed recognized merely as Udeme, alleging that she was overwhelmed ruthlessly by a employees of the varsity, King Solomon Secondary College in Uyo.

Mel revealed that the SS3 scholar is his relation’s daughter and alleged that she acquired overwhelmed as a result of her “faculty uniform was too quick and goes towards the Bible“.

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He wrote,

When a relation of mine forwarded disturbing photos, concerning the bestial brutality visited on her daughter, who’s an SS3 scholar of King Solomon Secondary College, a privately owned co-educational establishment in Uyo – Akwa Ibom by Mrs. Ndifreke Etim Asuquo, the daughter of the proprietress, who additionally doubles as the varsity’s admissions officer to me at present, I used to be initially hesitant to consider my eyes. The gravity and beastliness of the sight scared daylight out of me. It was a Monday morning, and I used to be busy at work. I wanted to give attention to my to-do record and the numerous Monday conferences. So, I let or not it’s.

Attempt as I might, my thoughts didn’t depart from these scorching photos. I saved prancing between Microsoft Tasks Workplace Swimsuit, (which is my main work device), and the WhatsApp webpage which I used to archive the ghoulish photos. Every go to to WhatsApp haunted me like a nasty dream. I began hating myself and my surroundings. I used to be feeling tormented, raped and brutalized. I scoffed on the lack of empathy and beauty, that would have provoke such violence by whomsoever, on my good friend – Udeme. A few of ugly movies are too graphic to share. Whodunnit?

Upon returning house this evening, I demanded for and acquired the cellphone variety of the beastly child-abuser. A lady for actual? I used to be full of extra rage; too bitter to ring her up, to ask why she defiled this little angel so cruelly. Because the adrenaline rushed down my veins, I summoned the braveness to dial her. I wanted to listen to her aspect of the story. To be honest to her. And my conscience. I wanted to persuade myself that it was a dream.

On the second ring, she answered. The next dialogue ensured:

“Whats up, my title is Celestine Mel, calling from the FCT. I’m I chatting with Madam Ndifreke of King Solomon College – Ewet Housing Property Uyo?” I requested.

“Sure, that is Ndifreke”. She answered.

“Expensive madam Ndi, I acquired this disturbing data concerning an incident in your faculty at present, tenth January 2022, whereby you could have been accused of beating your scholar – Udeme and inflicting severe bodily damage to her. I wish to hear your individual aspect of the story. What occurred?” I requested.

“I can’t communicate on the matter. I’ll sue you for intruding into my privateness. I’m a mom, a wife and a lady. I didn’t act alone. I acted on behalf of the varsity. The college would reply formally. Bla..bla..bla.” Ndifreke answered. Then the cellphone went clean. I continued to listen to crackling noises on the different finish…. Then I hanged up.

From her tone, it was very straightforward to infer that I simply spoke to a wickedly merciless monstrous and unapologetically cruel baby bully. I couldn’t think about myself caught up on this kind of story, akin to the latest shenanigans in Dowen School Lagos. Or the Deeper Life Excessive College Uyo. I wanted to get to the basis of this. I known as up my relations and requested them if they might want to inform this story to the world. They consented and sat down with me to reveal all of it…

Ndifreke accosted Udeme this morning in school, accusing her of violating the varsity’s costume code. The cost was that her faculty uniform was too quick, and goes towards the Bible, which (in accordance with Ndifreke) varieties the ethical pillar of the varsity. She wished to strip the kid down. She does it to different college students. The kid tried to run away. Ndifreke descended on her, utilizing each weapon inside her attain: cane, stick, planks, and many others. From the pinnacle to her again, shoulder, thighs, legs, and many others. There have been bumps, blood and bruises. She regarded like a fortunate survivor, out from a bombed-out rubble in a battle zone. The pinnacle bulged out. The eyes blood-shot. He pores and skin peeled right here and there, lacerated and bleeding. She left the varsity by foot and in pains, and walked house by foot, a number of kilometers away. Alone. With no mercy. Or cash. Or pity.

The mom who dropped her off just a few minutes earlier, couldn’t perceive the flip of occasions. She actually ran mad. My baby? Who? How? Why? Questions. Extra questions. No reply….

I’m instructed that King Solomon Secondary is a infamous haven for baby abuse. I’m instructed that tales abound within the faculties’ WhatsApp group of comparable outrageous incidents, wrought on feminine college students by the belligerent Mrs. Ndifreke, who operates above and past the legislation, and whose conduct goes unchallenged. I might visualize her cold-heartedness from my little cellphone encounter together with her this evening. She was neither remorseful nor contrite. She sounded bellicose and haughty. She will need to have gulped from the forbidden jar of intoxicating uncooked bare energy, luxuriating with the self-assurance that the authorities which ought to regulate the conduct of faculties, are too impotent and too torpid to behave. She loathes the concept that she broke the Little one’s Proper Act by bodily harming a toddler that was left underneath her paid-care, on the primary day in school. After the Christmas break – the symbolism of affection itself.

I’ll let the photographs and movies that observe, do the remainder of the speaking. I do know that the mother and father of Udeme, reported the abuse to Ewet Housing Police Station, which issued an extract for medical help to the sufferer. I’m including my voice to sentence this unconscionable act of disproportionate violence by yet one more faculty, on the physique and flesh of the lady baby. I name on the authorities, particularly the federal government of Akwa Ibom State to swing into motion, arrest and prosecute all these concerned on this crime and take each motion mandatory, in direction of saving our faculties from persevering with to function slaughterhouses for our kids.

I do know I’ve supported using sturdy disciplinary strategies in faculties prior to now, to assist mould the character of the kid. However I by no means supported any type of bodily damage or breaking of the legislation to hurt anyone’s and anyone’s baby within the title of self-discipline. It occurred to my very own very expensive and treasured good friend, Udeme, as she spends this evening within the hospital. In the present day ……

#TooMuchIsTooMuch

#JusticeForUdeme

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In response to the declare, the varsity said that Mel’s account is an exaggeration of what occurred. They confirmed that the incident centered on the coed carrying “quick faculty uniform“, however accused the coed of “rebuffing and muttering offensive phrases to the employees“.

Their assertion learn;

“On Monday, January 10, 2022, the resumption day of (the) second time period for the 2021/22 session, a feminine scholar in SS3 was noticed coming to highschool with (an) inappropriate costume, a skirt with (an) edge above the knees.

“Considered one of our employees, Mrs Ndifreke Etim, who’s a member of the Administration Board, accosted her on grounds of the flawed dressing, however the stated lady rebuffed, muttering offensive phrases to the employees, a behaviour that prompted using cane on her,” Ubong Akpan stated in an announcement on Tuesday.”

Accountability

The college revealed that the lady’s mother and father weren’t happy with the incident, however that its administration had been already on the matter earlier than it was “overblown and brought to social media”.

The assertion added,

“Whereas it’s apparent that the model of the story circulated by Mr Mel is an exaggeration of the true state of issues, we acknowledge the established grievances of (the) lady’s mother and father who’ve remained dependable stakeholders in our college and have taken steps to resolve the difficulty amicably.

“It also needs to be identified that our college has by no means condoned baby abuse of any variety, or harbour abusers. Our employees are nicely cultured and our college students are bred according to accepted requirements of faculty administration. The employees in query is considered one of our greatest and doesn’t deserve the disagreeable tags on her persona.”

Accused

Responding to the declare made by the varsity, Mel wrote,

RE: THE SORDID COLD-BLOODED ABUSE OF THE GIRL-CHILD IN KING-SOLOMON SECONDARY SCHOOL UYO, AKWA IBOM

Ordinarily, I’d not have continued to affix points with the homeowners, Administration and Workers of King Solomon Secondary College – Uyo, over the now-viral case of kid torture, abuse and molestation which I painstakingly reported two days in the past, and which is attracting the eye of related law-enforcement companies.

I’ve nonetheless been compelled out of that self-imposed hiatus to concern this assertion, by the hurriedly cobbled self-indicting Press Launch, issued by the varsity at present, twelfth January 2022, signed by one Obong Ubong Akpan who claims to be the Principal of the varsity whereby, my title was copiously talked about.

I’ve taken time to parse the discharge and I make daring to state as follows:

1. I have no idea the proprietor, employees or homeowners of King Solomon Worldwide College. Not the least Mrs. Ndifreke Etim and so, I’ve nothing personally, towards them.

2. The story of the abuse of girl-child Udeme which I broke, has simply been validated by the varsity as true, by the confessions contained within the stated press assertion.

3. Particularly, paragraph two of the press assertion, reproduced as follows, says all of it:

“On Monday, January 10, 2022, the resumption day of second time period for the 2021/22 session, a feminine scholar in SS3 was noticed coming to highschool with inappropriate costume, a skirt with edge above the knees. Considered one of our employees, Mrs Ndifreke Etim who’s a member of the Administration Board accosted her on grounds of the flawed dressing, however the stated lady rebuffed, muttering offensive phrases to the employees; a habits that prompted using cane on her.”

4. Using cane on her for getting to highschool with mini-skirt and muttering offensive phrases towards a Administration Board member is precisely the unarguable validation of the reality, concerning the tradition of coldblooded callous child-abuse, laceration, torture, damage, and many others., which the varsity and her Administration have normalized.

5. Their obstinate refusal to know that the brutality visited on citizen Udeme by them, is towards the legal guidelines of the land and runs opposite to the UN conference on the rights and safety of the kid, Nigeria’s Little one Rights Act (CRA) and different legal guidelines enacted to guard youngsters from bullying, torture, battery, cruelty and abuse speaks quantity in regards to the kind of horror underneath which youngsters exist within the faculty and of their minds.

6. Extra particularly, I want to remind King Solomon Colleges to search out time to check the statutes, vis-à-vis their accountability to the youngsters whom they’re paid and licensed to show. The next clauses within the Little one Rights Act (2003) readily come to thoughts:

NIGERIAN CHILD RIGHTS ACT SECTION 11.

Each baby is entitled to respect for the dignity of his individual, and accordingly, no baby shall be:

(a) subjected to bodily, psychological or emotional damage, abuse, neglect or maltreatment, together with sexual abuse;

(b) subjected to torture, inhuman or degrading therapy or punishment

(c) subjected to assaults upon his honor or repute;

NIGERIAN CHILD RIGHTS ACT SECTION 221. Restriction on punishment

(1) No baby shall be ordered to be

(a) imprisoned; or

(b) subjected to corporal punishment or

(c) subjected to the demise penalty or, have the demise penalty recorded towards him.

7. By attempting to show the story towards me as one Celestine Mel and exonerating the assailant/baby abuser – Mrs Ndifreke from blame, whom the assertion venerates as considered one of our greatest and doesn’t deserve the disagreeable tags on her persona I dare say, King Solomon continues to be dwelling within the fading phantasm that the varsity and her promoters are above the legislation and would proceed to advertise their tradition of violence based mostly on so-called excessive ethical customary with zero tolerance for indiscipline with out regrets.

8. The bodily torture of citizen Udeme, irrespective of her offense, whom they admittedly and wickedly bruised and scarred, has finished extra injury to the already dented picture of the varsity than I might presumably do.

9. It isn’t true that the varsity took any steps to achieve out to the mother and father of the sufferer to assuage the harm and trauma that they visited on their baby till I broke the story. Certainly, they began operating from pillar to submit after it grew to become apparent yesterday that my expose would flip the worlds consideration to their reprehensible (and illegal) modus operandi. They’ve despatched a number of emissaries to me to tug down the story in order to guard the funding that the late proprietor made in class. I’ve all of the conversations recorded within the clouds and would publish them on the applicable time if the necessity arises.

10. What I’ve nor coronary heart is what they might do to re-orientated their abusive board members on fashionable baby care methods and penance for the callous brutality on citizen Udeme.

10. The general public ought to observe that I reached out to the varsity on the evening of tenth January 2022 (12 hours after the incident) to listen to their aspect of the story for steadiness, however Mrs. Ndifreke roundly and arrogantly rejected the chance and selected moderately to threaten me with court docket motion if I dared publish this damming expose. I revealed this story after I used to be satisfied that they broke the legislation and had been merciless.

11. This whole concern means a lot to me (a proud father of tender youngsters myself and the son of a instructor who was a strict disciplinarian himself) and I’d by no means stand anybody who brutalizes my baby the way in which Mrs. Ndifreke did, irrespective of the provocation. Torture shouldn’t be self-discipline. Harm shouldn’t be morality.

Lastly, I undertook this undertaking with the intention to spark frank dialog about these accepted abusive practices, to attract world consideration to the scourge of kid abuse in our surroundings and to let individuals know that we have now left the barbarian age way back. Torture and molestation that also exist in our college system shouldn’t be solely injurious to the kid, however breeds additional violence which metastasizes to create the violent society all of us dwell in at present. Extra so, it’s a crime. It’s unthinkable {that a} licensed faculty would admit publicly (on this century) that it used cane on a 16-year outdated as a result of she wore skirts above her knees and muttered abusive phrases to a administration employees to the extent of lacerating her physique; and is gutsy sufficient to say that the general public ought to disregard any publication in search of to discredit our college as it’s our continued imaginative and prescient to boost accountable people within the society, give worth to training system in addition to relentlessly advocate for the fitting of each baby. Everybody involved with this dastardly act have to be punished to function deterrent to different faculties, who make violence towards youngsters their go-to pastime. We will resolve this.

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