The Federal Capital Territory Administration has officially announced the closure of Lead British International School in Gwarimpa, Abuja. This move was made in response to public outcry over videos that went viral accusing students of bullying at the school.
Following the visit of Uju Kenedy-Ohanenye, the Minister of Women Affairs, to the school on Tuesday, a staff member announced that the school would be closed for three days.
The Honorable Minister for Women Affairs had closed the school for the specified duration, according to Kabiru Musa, the Public Relations Officer of the FCT Education Secretariat, who was contacted.
“Yes it was shut down by the Honourable Minister of Women Affairs for 3 days”, he Responded.
However, at the time this report was filed, our correspondent was unable to find out if the FCTA would look into other private schools in the FCT where bullying claims were made.
In a statement, the school’s head, Ogunkambi Abraham, stated that the Management had started looking into the matter and had formed a committee to conduct a “thorough inquiry.” However, a different representative informed the Women’s Minister that the school would be “hereby shut for three days.”
On Monday night, X user @moooyeeee shared two videos of a female student at the school receiving multiple slaps from her peers on the microblogging platform. The user also called for justice for
Other users of the platform responded angrily to the videos, sharing other videos of bullied students from the same school.
