The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has deployed its officers to the Lead British International School, Abuja, over viral videos of bullying.
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, in a statement on Tuesday, noted that the move was a proactive response to alarms raised by some members of the public regarding videos circulating on social media depicting the bullying of students at the school.
She also revealed that the police were on top of the situation while noting that the investigation was ongoing.
Adeh said, “The FCT Police Command is on top of the situation and has deployed seasoned officers to the school premises for investigations and to forestall any possible breakdown of law and order.”
A third video depicting a separate case of bullying at the Lead British International School, Abuja emerged on Tuesday.
In the new video posted on Tuesday, some male students in the school’s uniform were seen surrounding another boy who appeared to be in casual attire.
A student slapped the boy who was on his knees, and then some of the other boys who were gathered appealed to stop the ‘bully’ from further harming the boy, who was later whisked away in the nine-second video.
An X user, @PopoolaJoke4, who posted the video wrote, “No be the same school?”
This was in response to the first viral video of bullying in the same school that was released earlier.
The PUNCH reports that an X user, @moooyeeeee, had on Monday night posted two videos of a female student of the school being repeatedly slapped by another female classmate.
The user called for justice for the victim. Since they were posted, the videos have drawn the wrath of many users of the microblogging platform who condemned the incident and called for the school authorities to investigate and punish the culprits.
However, the management of Lead British International School, Abuja, in a statement on Tuesday, said it had begun an investigation into the matter.
