Yemi Olakitan
Chrisland School is once again in the news for the
wrong reason. How can a citadel of academy learning, known for the high
educational attainment of its students continue to fall in the mud of sexual
scandal? Only three years ago, Adegboyega Adenekan, a supervisor at Chrisland
School, Victoria Island, Lagos, was sentenced to 60 years in prison for
defiling a 2-year-old child.
Now in the news, the Lagos State Governor, Babajide
Sanwo-Olu has ordered the shutdown of all branches of Chrisland Schools in
Lagos following a viral sex tape showing a 10-year-old schoolgirl having sex
with her schoolmates while in Dubai for a school competition.
The girl was alleged to have had sex with five boys. This
is just as Nigeria Police said it might engage Interpol in their investigation
of the case and also probe the alleged pregnancy tests conducted on the
schoolgirl without parental consent.
In a statement
the Sanwo-Olu government announced the complete closure of the schools. “In the
meantime, all Chrisland schools within Lagos State are hereby closed, pending
further investigations,” the statement said.
“The attention
of the Lagos State Government has been drawn to the alleged sexual violence
case involving students of Chrisland school, which occurred in Dubai, United
Arab Emirates,” stated the government. “It is pertinent to note that 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 & Sexual Violence Agency, whilst the criminal
allegations have been escalated to the commissioner of police.”
It added that the Sanwo-Olu administration was
committed to ensuring the safety and protection of children in Lagos,
especially ensuring “that all child-centred institutions within Lagos.
The Lagos government also stressed that it would
continue to “formulate and implement policies and systems that are compliant
with the Executive Order (NO.EO/AA08 of 2016), Lagos State Safeguarding and
Child Protection Programme.”
It, however, warned people sharing the sex tape to
desist or face the consequences.
“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,” Sanwo-Olu’s government warned. It stressed that it
“includes producing, distributing, receiving, or possessing an image of child
pornography.”
The statement was jointly signed by the Ministry of
Education, Office of Education Quality Assurance, the Ministry of Youth and
Social Development and the Ministry of Justice.
Also, in a statement on Monday, the police disclosed
that Interpol might be involved in investigating a viral sex tape involving a
10-year-old female pupil of Chrisland Schools while on a school-organised trip
for competition in Dubai, the Lagos police command has revealed.
“The command is equally taking cognisance of the
cybercrime angle to the whole episode and will not hesitate to enlist the
support of the Interpol should the need arises,” explained the police command
in Lagos. “For a holistic and unbiased investigation, the command shall be
working with relevant ministries, departments, agencies, and non-governmental
organisations.”
This followed allegations by the unnamed schoolgirl’s
mother in a video accusing Chrisland Schools of threatening to “kill” her
daughter if she spoke out about engaging in sex acts with her schoolmates. The
police spokesman in Lagos, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, stated that the Commissioner
of Police in Lagos, Abiodun Alabi, ordered the investigation.
A video of the 10-year-old schoolgirl, allegedly raped
by five male pupils of Chrisland Schools during a trip to Dubai, UAE, went
viral recently. The sex acts reportedly happened when the students travelled to
Dubai to participate in the World School Games from March 10 to 13, where the
school won over 30 medals.
Hundeyin quoted the police commissioner as saying that
the investigation would involve individuals in the recording of the sex tape,
the true incident in the video, and the geographical location of the sex acts.
The investigation will also cover the alleged threat
to life against the 10-year-old pupil and the circumstances surrounding the
alleged repeated pregnancy tests conducted on the student without her parental
consent.
“The attention
of the Lagos State Police Command has been drawn to an alleged rape video
purportedly depicting students of Chrisland School, Lagos, going viral on social
media,” said the police. The statement added, “Meanwhile, the Lagos State
Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alabi, fdc, mnim, psc has assured that due
diligence will be observed to ensure that there is no miscarriage of justice.”
Stakeholders
Disagree with Lagos State Government on the Closure of Chrisland Schools
Meanwhile, Many stakeholders in the education sector
have faulted the closure of all campuses of the Chrisland Schools by the Lagos
State Government, saying dealing with the identified errant students would have
been more appropriate.
This is also as they have faulted the series of tests
reportedly carried out on the female student at the centre of the crisis. A legal practitioner,
Mrs. Helen Essien, wondered why the government would shut down a whole school
because of the misdemeanor of a few students.
“Why did government shut down a whole school because
three or four children misbehaved? Doesn’t Chrisland have school discipline
policy and procedures? Why punish innocent pupils?”
What
the Mother Said……
The mother claimed that her 10-year-old daughter was
raped during the trip to Dubai, which was organised by Chrisland Schools.
Pupils from the private school, located in Victoria
Garden City, were in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, UAE, to participate in
the World Schools Games between March 10 and 13, 2022.
In a viral video shared by a music executive, Ubi
Franklin, via his Instagram page, yesterday, the woman claimed that footage of
the incident has been shared multiple times on social media. She said she was
not aware of what transpired in Dubai, till another parent showed her the video
of the incident.
The woman also accused the school of trying to cover
up the case and demanded justice.
She said: “As I was beating my daughter, she opened up
to me and said the school threatened her not to speak out. My daughter was
dying in silence and I did not know.
Every day, I’ll be forcing her out of the room but she
wouldn’t want to go to school.
“I’m begging Nigerians to help me because Chrisland
attempted to hide the issue; they wanted to push us out of the way and my
daughter was going psychologically insane. I need help as a mother. My daughter
is not okay.
“They took her for pregnancy tests without my
knowledge, and lied to us that it was a COVID-19 test. They did the tests
almost three times. Please do they require blood or urine for the COVID-19
test? I did not know until the whole issue became public.”
The woman said her daughter was suspended from school
after they called the management to ask questions about the incident. Continuing,
she said: “To crown it all, because we started confronting them that we are
aware of what has happened, they sent her a suspension letter,” she added.
“When I asked her what happened, my daughter said on
the day of the incident they went out in the morning to have breakfast and one
of the boys begged her to borrow him her phone charger which she did.
“She said later in the evening, the boy called her and
asked her to come for the charger in his room. So, she went there.
“When she got to the room to get the charger, they
opened the door and one of the boys asked her to go and get her charger inside
the toilet. She said it was when she entered the toilet that the boys
surrounded her and asked her to drink a substance.
“She said they were all under the influence of drugs
after that and she did not know what she was doing again. My daughter said the
boys asked her to climb on them while one of them was filming and sending out
the videos.”
What
the School said….
The school has since suspended the student for what it
described as an immoral act
But the letter of suspension dated April 14, 2022, was
signed by the Head Teacher, G. I. Azike.
The letter, titled: ‘Indefinite suspension of …(the
female student)’, reads: “It was discovered that your daughter was involved in
improper behaviour during the recently concluded World School Games in Dubai
with a few of her counterparts. She willfully participated in a game they
called truth or dare, a game which led her and a few other co-learners to carry
out an immoral act after the lights-out instruction was given.
‘‘In line with our core values centred on discipline,
Chrisland Schools have zero tolerance for any improper behaviour and
misconduct. A full-scale investigation has been done and the parents of all the
culpable learners have been duly notified of the necessary punishment meted out
on the learners.
“The parents gave their full cooperation, realising
the need to work with the school so that the learners can be corrected and be
of expected proper behaviour, henceforth. However, in the course of the
school’s efforts to see how best we can help…who was a major participant in the
whole incident, every effort to inform you as her parents about the incident
and ensure that this improper behaviour is permanently corrected, has proved to
be futile.’’
“We cannot, as a school, condone such. Consequently,
(the student) is, hereby, placed on an indefinite suspension until you as the
parents ensure that she is punished, adequately counselled and rehabilitated.”
What
is in the video?
Yemi Olakitan Blog will not watch child pornography, seek the video out or encourage the sharing of child pornography for any reason. It is immoral, sickening and illegal.
On social media, those who saw the video said the 10-year-old kid was very active in the sex acts and that the recorded sex acts were far from a rape incident as alleged by the mother,
However, we do not agree with the closure of all
branches of Chrisland Schools in Lagos!! Chrisland School has at least 7
branches. Only one branch, the Victoria Garden City branch is involved in the
sex scandal. Why close seven schools for the alleged sin of one?
Furthermore, what is the offence of the school when individuals within it misbehaved? One will think that it is the individuals that should be punished and not the school.
Reports say, the said 10year old girl from Chrisland School has a handle page called BhadGurl4k (Bad Girl Fuck) and has over 24,000 likes on Likee.
She has posted over 526 videos with over 4,000 followers.
It seems that the problem is from the home.
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