Adewale Adetona, the Principal of Pholex Private School, Ebute-Meta in Lagos State has reportedly brutalised a student, Adam Folorunsho, for not writing class notes.
The incident has been condemned by the mother of the Senior Secondary School student, Mrs Becky Folorunso, who alleged that was not the first time the principal would brutalise his son.
The boy sustained several bruises from his encounter with the principal.
According to the mother, who called on relevant authorities of the Lagos State Government to intervene in the case, Adam’s refusal to write class notes is not a justification for the treatment melted on him by Adetona.
She, however, said she had scolded her son and warned him to be writing his class notes.
The mother said, “He is a playful son, but he is not a bad boy. He came home a few days ago and told me ‘Mummy, this beating is too much.’ He showed me his back and I saw bruises. But not like this very one. He said it was because he did not write one note. I scolded him and warned him to always write his notes.
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“But when he came home on Thursday, May 25, he cried, ‘Mummy, I can’t take this any longer.’ When he removed his uniform and showed me his back, I was shocked and asked what happened to him. He said it was because he did not complete his Social Studies notes.”
“I didn’t know about all these stories before we registered him. How can they be running a private learning environment as if it is a public school where things like this go unpunished?” she queried.
On his part, the school principal, Adetona, denied the allegation of brutalisation.
Adetona said, “I am a parent, I don’t beat unjustly. I know the mother very well. I noticed the boy doesn’t have a note at all. I just resumed the office (in the school) not quite long (ago). I’m searching their entire notes one after the other to know those that are not doing well. Several complaints (have) come from teachers and several warnings asking the boy to change.
“I had to beat him yesterday (Thursday). I have been warning them for over two weeks to go and update their notes.”
He said the last time the boy brought his school fees, he was the one that gave him N500 to go and pay through the Point of Sale machine so that he would not lose the money while trying to go to the bank. “I would not beat him unjustly,” he reiterated.