Ekiti: Suspended Student Sues State Govt, Demands N15m Damages

A student of Mary Immaculate Secondary School, Ado- Ekiti, has sued the Ekiti Government before a state High Court seeking N15 million in damages for breach of fundamental rights.

Gift Agenoisa, who is a JSS1 student was suspended for alleged indiscipline and assault on a teacher by her parents.

In a suit number HAD/01/CR/2021 and sworn to at the Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti on her behalf by her mother, Odunayo Agenoisa, claimed that her suspension from school by government infringed on her rights.

The student described the alleged treatment meted to her for coming to school with an alleged indecent hairstyle as cruel and inhuman.

Joined in the suit are: The School Principal, Oluwasanmi F.M (1st respondent); the Commissioner for Education, Olabimpe Aderiye (2nd); the Ekiti State Teaching Service Commission (3rd); and the Ekiti State Government (4th respondent).

In the affidavit attached to the originating summons, the plaintiff claimed that she was singled out of Assembly on May 22 and given 20 lashes on the order of the school principal, resulting in bruises, life-threatening scars, bloodstained uniform and fainting.

The student was suspended after her father, a police sergeant, Elijah Agenoisa, allegedly mobilized four armed policemen to manhandle some teachers in the school for scolding his daughter who was accused of coming to school with an indecent hair style against the school rules and regulation.

Meanwhile, Justice Lekan Ogunmoye has adjourned the case to September 22 for hearing.