Namitira Bwala, a student at Lead British International School in Abuja, has initiated a civil lawsuit against the school’s management for N500 million.
She alleges that the school did not fulfill its duty to ensure a safe and conducive learning environment.
The lawsuit was filed at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja by her attorney, Marvin Omorogbe, a founding partner at Deji Adeyanju and Partners.
In addition to general damages of N500 million, Bwala is also demanding a public apology to be published in two national newspapers.
She claimed, among others, “A declaration that by the claimant’s studentship in the defendant’s school, Lead British International School, Gwarimpa, Abuja, the defendant owes the claimant a duty of care to protect her from any physical or emotional harm as well as any breach of her privacy while under the defendant’s custody and supervision.
“A declaration that the defendant’s failure to prevent the assault, torment, emotional distress, pain, and trauma suffered by the claimant while under the custody and supervision of the defendant amounts to negligent conduct on the part of the defendant.
“An order directing the defendant to pay the claimant the sum of N500,000,000.00 (five hundred million naira) as general damages for the defendant’s breach of the duty of care it owes to the claimant, and its negligent conduct in failing to prevent the assault, torment, emotional distress, pain, trauma and breach of privacy suffered by the claimant, while under the defendant’s custody and supervision.
Recall that there was outrage on social media some weeks back following the emergence of a video on the alleged bullying of a female student of Lead British International School, Abuja, by her classmates.
An X user, @mooyeeeeeee, in an SOS post accompanied by two videos, said the female student was bullied, and she is seeking justice for her.
The matter had gained national attention with stakeholders and members of the public expressing views on the incident
