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  • Police seeks support to tackle rising cases of child molestation

    Police seeks support to tackle rising cases of child molestation

    Mr Olawale Olokode, the Commissioner of Police in Osun, has sought the support of the public to tackle rising cases of child molestation in the state.

    Olokode made the appeal in a statement issued on Tuesday in Osogbo by the spokesman of the command, SP Yemisi Opalola.

    He condemned in totality, the tide of child molestation in the state and warned that the police would go after the perpetrators.

    “It would be noted that, in recent times, there are reports of child sexual harassment in some parts of the state and as such, the police in the state will not fold its hands and allow these misguided elements continue abusing our children.”

    Olokode appealed to the general public to provide useful information that will enable the command nip in the bud such nefarious acts before they occur.

    He urged parents and guardians to monitor their children and beware of people around them who may want to lure their children to molest them.

    The commissioner said that the police would continue to work with other security agencies to maintain law and order, and tackle all forms of crimes in the state.

    Meanwhile, the police commissioner has ordered Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers and Tactical Commanders to embark on intensive operations and intelligence led policing to tackle criminals in the state.

    He admonished politicians to play the game according to the rules and urged residents to provide the police with actionable information to tackle any potential security threat in the state.

  • Deeper Life assures Nigerians transpareny on handling of schoolboy molestation case

    Deeper Life assures Nigerians transpareny on handling of schoolboy molestation case

    The Deeper Life High School, Akwa Ibom State has said the school will not attempt to cover up any immoral act under any guise, following alleged molestation of a school boy at the school.

    In a viral video, a mother, Mrs Deborah Okezie had raised the alarm over alleged molestation of her child, Don Davies by some senior students of the school.

    However, the Education Secretary of Deeper Life High School, Mrs Thelma Malaka, reminded the public that the Office of the Governor of Akwa Ibom State had taken over the investigation of the matter to ensure neutrality and a dispassionate outcome.

    She commended the concerted efforts of everyone who had shown support in the investigation thus far, reiterating that the school would be transparent and that justice would not only be served, it would be seen by all that it had been served.

    “Recall that we had earlier suspended the principal of the affected campus and initiated an investigation into the matter. We decided to restrain ourselves from further comments after the first update because we thought it is sub-judice to comment on a matter currently under investigation.

    “However, considering the potential impact of this issue, especially on what we stand for, we are compelled to provide an earlier update before the final report by the government,” she said.

    According to her, the panel had sat and that the school had presented staff members and students who have been mentioned in this particular case all through the period of the investigation.

    “We believe that the government will share the final report once the investigation is concluded. Deeper Life High School stands on the core value of integrity and uprightness and will not attempt to cover up any immoral act under any guise,” she said.

    Malaka enjoined the public to be on the look out for the final report as it would be released by the appropriate authority soon.

    She said the school believed that the government would share the final report once the investigation is completed.

  • Deeper Life school suspends principal over ‘child molestation’ incident

    Deeper Life school suspends principal over ‘child molestation’ incident

    The management of the Deeper Life High School in Akwa Ibom state has suspended Solomon Ndidi, the principal of the institution, over allegations involving molestation of a student.

    Deborah Okezie, a woman whose son is a JSS1 pupil at the Christian school, had shared a video on her Facebook account wherein she alleged that her son was starved and molested by some senior pupils of the school.

    Okezie alleged that her son told her the principal of the school moved him to the senior students’ hostel for urinating on his bed.

    She also stated that the senior students mistreated the little boy by pushing their hands and legs into his anus.

    The mother alleged that her son told her that they threatened to kill him if he reported to the principal or his parents.

    She said the principal promised to move the 11-year-old back to the junior hostel but had failed to do so.

    The video had gone viral and provoked outrage on social media, prompting the school to release a statement on Monday where it reacted to the allegations.

    While it noted that the principal has been suspended, the school said an investigation into the case has begun.

    “We will like to categorically restate that Deeper Life High School is built on the core values of godliness and excellence and will not tolerate any immoral act or molestation of any student,” the school wrote.

    “We believe parents /guardians enroll their wards in our schools all over the country because of the strong perception that ours offers a sure-footed platform for moral armament and academic excellence.

    “We want to assure the general public that investigations into the case have commenced and no culprit., whether staff or student, will be spared if found culpable at the end of the exercise.

    “As an interim measure and to underscore the seriousness we attach to higher superintending values, the school principal has been suspended summarily even as further investigations continue.

    “We firmly assure the discerning public that the overall outcome of the investigations will be made known.

    “And appropriate disciplinary actions will be meted to all culprits in this unfortunate act that admittedly threatens to cast unnecessary aspersions on a unique institution that has been a shining example to all over the years.”