The Federal Government College, Ijaniki, Lagos State, the administration has refuted claims that it covered up several pupils who were discovered skipping class to host female classmates at a hotel for sex encounters.
Six pupils were picked up from the hotel by the school, according to the Principal, Mrs. Tofunmi Akamo, who spoke with our correspondent on Wednesday, noting that the incident only happened once.
Additionally, it was alleged that some of the children left the school unobserved for more than three sessions, including the most recent first term.
The principal, however, said that there was only one instance of students leaving class to stay in a hotel.
She asserted that during a hasty roll call at the hostel, the school administration had been aware of the pupils’ disappearance.
“Our job is to mold them, and we don’t expect every single one of them to act properly all the time,” she said. So it is our responsibility to provide the required corrections when they misbehave.
“I received a call from the school saying that during a roll call on Sunday, it was found that several students were not staying in the dorm.
They called their parents on Monday morning to confirm that they were at home, and they informed them that they were not. The parents showed up to the school, and we were all looking around and trying to figure out what might have happened.
“One of those girls’ parents told us that on Sunday, the girls went to the hotel and jumped the fence. To get them out, we proceeded to the hotel. Two boys and three girls made up the group of five who were evacuated.
“When they visited the school, we required them to submit written reports. It was from the reports that we even learned that another girl had left the hotel on Monday to return to the school, while the others had stayed in the hotel.
“We made them write their reports, and then they appeared before a disciplinary committee, which decided what should be done with them based on the instructions we received from the ministry.
“The children are currently suspended without pay for an undetermined period of time; that is the recommendation for them. We typically involve their parents and give them these letters as well as their kids. The dorms were no longer occupied by the boys and girls.
Allegations that the pupils utilized narcotics were unfounded, according to Akamo.
