Greater Schools Protests Against Alleged Defamatory Campaign and Blackmail  

An educational institution, Greater Scholars Staff School and Greater Scholars International Nursery & Primary and Secondary Schools in Lagos, is protesting against unwarranted campaign of calumny against it by a couple which the management of the School said, is misplaced and mistaken identity.

The Director of the School, Mrs Oyesanya said in a statement ‘They have alleged that their four-year old female child was sexually assaulted by a security staff of Greater Scholars Staff School. This allegation is unfounded, meritless, and is now a subject of litigation awaiting the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution’s (DPP’s) Advice. 

‘As a school, we take seriously the protection, safety, and well-being of our pupils. However, the staff against whom this allegation is made, has strongly denied the allegation.  The innocent four-year-old child in question, was never sexually assaulted by a staff of the School. 

‘The defamatory campaign launched in the media by the couple and their shadowy surrogates, are intended to blackmail the school and extort money.

‘The incident is alleged to have happened at the ‘Staff School’ facility which is entirely a separate location from Greater Scholars International Nursery, Primary and Secondary School, but this couple, for the past four months continue to misrepresent the facts on social media and in the mainstream media. Clearly,  their motives are to influence the outcome of the investigations, and prejudice the minds of parents and the public at large. 

‘They shall fail in their deceptive propaganda, to force the School to reach settlement of any sort. 

‘We particularly call on law enforcement agencies and the Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, (DSVA), Ministry of Youths & Social Development, to urgently consider filing an application for an Emergency Child Protection Order for the 4 four old child in question.

‘We are fully committed to safeguarding the best interest of the child and implementing the rights of the child, as prescribed in the Child Rights Law of Lagos State 2015. 

‘We will continue to cooperate fully with the Police, the Lagos State Ministry of Justice, and other agencies of Government to unravel the truth.