Iniobong Archibong, the father of Don Davis, a student of Deeper Life High School, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, who was allegedly molested by his seniors, has revealed that the school authorities has pleaded with the family to withdraw the case.
A video made by the mother of Davis, Deborah Okezie, which went viral on social media. In the video, she lamented and asked Nigerians for help to get justice for her son who had been molested by his senior students at the Uyo Campus of the school.
Mrs. Okezie in the video, said she went to pick his son up on Friday from the school and was the last person to pick up her son.
However, on seeing her son, she noticed that he was sick and that he was not able to sit properly, which prompted her to check his buttocks.
Deborah said her son had been sexually molested after she checked his anus. She also said doctors at the hospital where Don Davis was taken confirmed it.
She also revealed that her son has been on a drip at the hospital and is currently on the 12th one. Don Davis alleged that his seniors in the school inserted their fingers into his anus.
Speaking with SaharaReporters, the boy’s father Archibong stated that the state Superintendent of the Church, Deeper Life Christian Ministry, had visited the hospital where the boy was being attended to alongside the principal of the school, chairman of the school’s medical forum Ndidi Solomon and another prominent member of the school.
He said, “They all came here yesterday. Before the superintendent arrived, the three of them came. They were on their knees begging us to withdraw the video from the Internet but I told them we had no control over that. It had gone viral already.”
The State Superintendent of the church expressed shock over the feeding conditions of students in the school, according to the boy’s father Archibong.
He said, “The superintendent said he approves N2.2 million every week for the feeding of the students and that he didn’t understand why this could have happened. He said the principal has to explain.”
The distraught father said rather than explain, the principal was begging on her knees.
“She apologised, stating that she was the one that caused the incident. She said when the boy’s mother (my wife) came on November 11, and talked about it, she promised to expel those children from school but never did.”
Archibong added that the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Education Government has set up a committee to investigate the matter.
“The Commissioner for Education and some other state government officials were here with us this morning in the hospital. Members of the investigation committee are going to the school.
The issue does not have to do with my child alone, what about other children that are being abused?”
The father said he was sure that justice would be served on the issue.
“These things should not continue; brutality and bullying should stop in our schools,” he said.
He said the case had been reported to the police and that a meeting had been scheduled for Monday afternoon with the Deputy Commissioner of Police in the state.