The Lagos State government on Monday announced the shutdown of all Chrisland Schools in the state following an alleged sexual abuse involving a 10yrs old female student during their school trip to Dubai.
The alleged sexual violation happened when Some students of the School travelled to Dubai in March to take part in the World School Games, a four-day annual competition with schools from all over the world.
The news of the alleged sexual violation came to the fore when Ubi Franklin, accused the school of complicity in the sexual violation involving his friend’s daughter on Sunday .
“Just got off the phone with a friend of mine 💔💔💔💔 His 10-year-old daughter was selected to represent her school at the World School Games in Dubai,” he wrote on Sunday night via his Twitter handle.
“His daughter was r**ped by fellow students, video tapped and posted on Instagram and the school concealed it for a month.”
Reacting to the allegations, Lagos State Government on Monday shutdown all seven branches of the school across the state.
“The attention of the Lagos State Government has been drawn to the alleged sexual violence case involving students of Chrisland Schools which occurred in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
“It is pertinent to note that all allegations are being investigated by the relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies, including Ministry of Education, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Ministry of Youth and Social Development, Ministry of Justice and the Lagos State Domestic & Sexual Violence Agency, whilst the criminal allegations have been escalated to the Commissioner of Police.
“In view of the allegations, we are committed to ensuring that adequate medical and pscyho social support is provided.
“This is to reassure members of the public of the State Government’s commitment to safety and child protection, especially in ensuring that all child-centered institutions within the state, formulate and implement policies and systems that are compliant with the Executive Order (NO.EO/AA08 of 2016), Lagos State Safeguarding and Child Protection Program.
“We also use this medium to remind the general public that any person who engages in any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct involving a child, commits an offence and is liable to custodial sentence of fourteen (14) years. This includes “producing, distributing, receiving, or possessing an image of child pornography”.
“In the meantime, all Chrisland Schools within Lagos State are hereby closed, pending further investigations”.
The development comes months after the state also shut down Dowen College, following the controversial death of Sylvester Oromoni.
