“You Collect N3M For School Fees And You Cannot Mount CCTV Cameras” -Nigerian Mum Attacks Ex-Dowen College Counselor

A mother of a Dowen College student recently challenged a former school counselor after he said boarding students are not being watched closely.

The exchange took place during a Zoom meeting moderated by concerned parents of the school’s students and the Educators network following the death of a 12-year-old student of the school, Sylvester Oromoni.

It is worth recalling that Sylvester Oromoni died on Tuesday, November 30th after allegedly being bullied by his fellow students in the dormitory.

A former counselor who joined the conversation in the Zoom meeting said the students are still being left unsupervised in the hostel.

His words,

“I worked at Dowen college for several years. One of the problems we have with most of the boarding houses today is that the structures are not purpose-built for boarding houses. I might be referring to Dowen college.

In a situation where you have several floors and no floor has a house parent monitoring the students. By the time you hear a sound and you go upstairs, the seniors have changed the story. That’s exactly what happened at Dowen college.

From the first day they moved most of the students from a hired building into a permanent hostel, it was a time bomb waiting. Eventually, I resigned because of that situation. The children are not well monitored”

However, as he continued speaking, a distressed mother interrupted him and criticized him for simply speaking after the death of a child.

She also claimed that her child received similar treatment that Sylvester was subjected to and nearly died.

“I am sorry to say. Why are you saying it now that Sylvester has died? Why did you not say it since? Why are you saying it now? My child was bullied and almost died in Dowen college. Why did you not speak out then? A child has died now. You saw these things for nine years and then you left the school.

My son is a victim. They did exactly what they did to that boy. They put off the light. They beat him. They carried a box on his head.” she said amidst tears.

Speaking further, the distressed mother said,

“The thing that they did to Sylvester Oromoni, they did it to my son. They entered the room. They put off the light. Seven of them who brought my son to kneel down. They put a suitcase on his head. They were dancing around him like an occultic gathering. They were beating him at the same time. They took out a phone, They recorded it. That video is online somewhere. And you are telling me that you left Dowen because of the bullying. Why did you not say it so that people would not make the mistake of taking our children…I have been crying since Thursday when I saw this video. I have not eaten. I have not drunk. I have not slept. A child has died. That boy was 11 years. Same age as my son. It could have been my son that died. I was lucky. Sylvester wasn’t lucky.

You are saying this now having observed this thing for nine years. What basis are you talking about? On what grounds are you talking? They give security man in Dowen college ATM to go and withdraw N50, 000 and they begin to spend the money. Children would spend money. The children call security men by their names.”

She added that the boys’ dormitory in Dowen College was lacking discipline, but the women’s dormitory was healthy because of a “lady named Celine.”

Her words,

“The only grace the girl’s hostel has is because of a lady called Celine. She is the woman in the girl’s hostel. You cannot bully in a girl’s hostel in Dowen college. But you see the boy’s hostel, that third floor is the den where they commit the havoc. These children are bad. Everything Sylvester Oromoni said is the truth. They should arrest Ahmed and Valentine. These are the housekeepers.

“The principal told me that she saw my son’s video of being bullied but she did not think it was important to act because they had not posted it online. She saw it and slept on it. And you are telling me that you knew and you people allowed us to be bringing our children. You collect three million for school fees and you cannot mount CCTV cameras.”

Source:9jagistreel.com

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