The Lagos State Government has said Mrs. Stella Nwadigbo, a teacher who assaulted a toddler in a school in Ikorodu, has contravened the Child Rights Act and the Lagos State Policy on Safeguarding and Child Protection, and is at a risk of being punished according to the state?s laws.

Nwadigbo, a teacher at Christ Mitots Nursery and Primary School, Ikorodu, Lagos, was seen unlawfully and indecently assaulting 3-year-old pupil, Abayomi Micheal in a viral video on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, for struggling with a task.

A statement by Deputy Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Basic and Secondary, Kayode Sutton, noted that the teacher?s action were against Lagos laws.

It reads: ?The Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA) of the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, in its fact finding mission, visited the School, which was approved in 2010, on Thursday, January 9, 2025, but discovered it was partially self-shut down and pupils asked to stay back at home till Monday, January 13, 2025.

?In her reaction, the Head Teacher, Mrs. B. Adeyeri, on behalf of the Proprietor, Rev.(Mrs.) O.N Olutoye, confirmed the need to protect other pupils from harassments and uncontrollable visits/ pressure from the public, who had been visiting the School premises for pictures/videos, which necessitated the temporary closure of the School.

?Meanwhile, Master Abayomi Michael has been referred for adequate medical attention and Mrs. Nwadigbo arrested and subsequently remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional facility till February 18, 2025, awaiting the Director, Public Prosecution?s legal advise.

?By her action, Mrs. Stella Nwadigbo has contravened the Child Rights Act and the Lagos State Policy on Safeguarding and Child Protection, which are punishable offences under the law

?Albeit, investigation continues on Monday, January 13, 2025, which requires the attention of the School proprietor, Mrs. O. N. Olutoye, the Head Teacher, Mrs. B. Adeyeri, the Survivor, Master Abayomi Michael, his mother, Mrs. Okunlaya Adenike Fatimah, who is also a Teacher in the School and engagement with other pupils,? it said. (The Nation)

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