Parents Accuse Ogun School of Making Incisions on Children’s Bodies

According to Abosede, the mother of a four-year-old boy named Alamis, she discovered an incision on her son’s stomach on March 2. She initially noticed the mark after Alamis complained of persistent itching on the side of his stomach. Abosede explained that three weeks after discovering the mark, her son fell ill and had to be taken to the hospital, where doctors confirmed that the incision had caused an infection.

Abosede’s concerns grew when another parent, Oluwatoyin Adurogboye, reported a similar mark on her three-year-old daughter, Karla’s, body. Adurogboye said she noticed changes in her daughter’s behavior when she returned from school on February 28, and Karla later fell sick. Despite having just recovered from malaria and an infection a week earlier, Karla’s condition worsened, and she was rushed to the hospital, where she was placed on oxygen due to breathing difficulties.

Both parents took their complaints to the school, but the proprietress denied any wrongdoing. The parents claimed that the proprietress told them to consider other places where their children might have gotten the marks, insisting that it did not happen in the school. When asked to review the CCTV footage, the proprietress informed them that the cameras had not been functioning for several days.

The parents are calling on the authorities to investigate the development and are insisting on seeing the remaining part of the CCTV footage. While Abosede’s family has taken the matter to court, Adurogboye’s family is seeking a thorough investigation into the incident.

The proprietress of the school has yet to respond to calls and a text message seeking her comment on the matter.