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A mother identified as Deborah Okezie has shared a video of alleged maltreatment of her 11-year-old son who is a student of Deeper Life High School in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.
In the video, Okezie stated she had a terrible dream about her son and decided to pay him a visit to the school but the school authorities didn’t allow her to see her son.
Okezie posted a video on social media where she said some senior students in the college, Deeper Life High School, Uyo, “habitually inserted their fingers and toes in her son’s anus.”
She said her son was frequently starved and beaten up by the senior students.
The victim was moved by the school's principal from a hostel where other junior students stayed to another hotel filled with senior students because he was bed-wetting, Okezie said in the clip which has gone viral on social media.
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The victim's mother prodded him to speak up about his ordeal.
“They said if he complained he will be a dead man,” Mrs. Okezie said. “Please, help me share this (video) until it gets to the appropriate authorities.”
“They will remove his boxer and push their legs and hands into his anus,” the woman said.
The boy said the senior students threatened to kill him if he reported the matter to the school principal, Ndidi Solomon.
Okezie said she reported her son’s ordeal to the school principal who assured her that the boy would be returned to the junior hostel.
“Look at a child I sent to school, he came back with a broken anus.
“People who have children in boarding school don’t know what these children go through, boarding school of these days is not like the boarding school of those days,” she said.
Watch video below;
Meanwhile, Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, has mandated his Commissioner for Education, Enobong Mboho, to commence an investigation into the alleged case of child abuse at Deeper Life High School in the state.
The governor’s order was contained in a statement made available to journalists on Sunday.
"The state government has noted with great concern the complaints by a parent, whose child is a student of the Deeper Life College, Uyo.
"The complaint gleaned from social and traditional media related to the maltreatment and abuse of the complainant’s child, which occurred at the said school".
It added; "Consequently, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, has directed the Commissioner for Education to immediately investigate these complaints and take necessary action".
"The state government is committed to the protection of children wherever they may be within its jurisdiction".
Deeper Life High School, with 21 campuses across Nigeria, is owned by a foremost Pentecostal church, The Deeper Christian Life Ministry. The school has its headquarters in Lagos, South-west Nigeria.
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