Alleged Bullying: Victim Writes School, Demands Investigation, Punishment for Culprits

Victim of the bullying incident at the Lead British International School, Abuja, Namtira Bwala, has written to the management of the school management, with a demand that it conducted a thorough investigation with a view to imposing heavy sanctions on the 11 students who assaulted her.

Two students, Maryam Hassan and another simply identified as Faliya, were identified in the reported incident which got Nigerians angry.

The other nine are yet to be identified. 

In the letter forwarded to the school by attorneys at the Deji Adeyanju and Partners Law Firm, Bwala gave the school a 48-hour ultimatum to conclude the investigation and impose necessary sanction, else she will seek legal redress.

“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 reoccurring issue in the school, and despite several attempts to draw the school’s attention to it, the issue has persisted, leaving our client traumatised from the emotional and physical effect of the oppressive acts by these daredevil bullies.

“Our client completely dissociates herself from the statement issued by the school on April 22, 2024, wherein a case of battery was unconscionably referred to as an ‘incident between minors'. 

“Sequel to the foregoing, we have our client’s instruction to demand an 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," she demanded.