Some pupils from the Federal Government College in Ijaniki, Lagos State, were apprehended after fleeing school to lodge female classmates in motels for sex romps.
It was learned that the pupils, who were all boarders, had jumped the school’s fence with their female counterparts on several occasions and stayed out of school for days.
According to The PUNCH, it was revealed that the students involved in the act were between the ages of 14 and 17.
It was also discovered that some of the pupils, around seven boys and five females, had been leaving the school unobserved for more than three sessions, including the recently finished first term.
However, the school administration became aware of the antics after one of the pupils pregnant a female coworker.
According to a source, the students also engaged in threesomes and significant drug use, including codeine and molly.
“There is a possibility that some staff are also involved in the whole atrocities because how will a secondary school student leave the school environment for days without anyone noticing? Some of the staff are benefiting from it somehow,” he added.
Some parents through a phone interview also blamed the school administration for their children’s misbehavior.
They also complained about a purported cover-up plot.
A parent, who asked to be identified only as Alex, said, “This is happening because of the negligence of the principal and the housemasters and mistress. If something like that goes hidden, my children are in that school; they can become victims.”
Another parent, Johnson Smith, said the school failed in its duty to protect students in boarding houses.
He said, “The management needs to intensify efforts at cleansing the school because these bad eggs will corrupt our children. Something urgent needs to be done in ensuring that discipline is restored.”
The school’s parent-teacher association chairman,Olusola Tokede, acknowledged that some pupils had left the building.
He, however, denied allegations that the institution was attempting to conceal the occurrence.
They also complained about a purported cover-up plot.
Tokede stated that the pupils were apprehended at hotels on two separate occasions after the school administration became aware of their absence.
He continued by saying that some of the involved kids had been expelled and others had been suspended.
The PTA president also disclosed that local security guards had been hired by the school to ensure that the surroundings were being watched.
He said, “We were the ones who told the parents about it on the platform (WhatsApp). I don’t know why some parents are trying to be mischievous by saying the school did not do anything about it.
“If parents failed to train their children, they will pollute others. Can you imagine a child between ages 15 and 16 having up to N1m in her account? They went to do twosome: two girls, one boy. They were caught before the end of last session. You can imagine that a 15-year-old that should be a virgin is already engaging in immoral activities. They are rotten from their various homes and we are working hard to stop them from polluting others.
“It is not correct to say we have not done anything. We are trying, but you know that no matter what we are doing if a child is not well trained at home, they will always come up with such acts. We have sent out warnings that I will not spare anybody; it is really an unfortunate situation.
“One of the students was expelled because she was pregnant. We also expelled the boy that impregnated her. Some of them that were caught were also suspended, but they will be allowed to come back to write the exam. Everything we are doing, we are trying to marry everything together being a parent and a teacher.”
Attempts to contact the school were unsuccessful since the phone number listed on its Facebook page was disconnected.
A teacher at the school refused to provide the principal, Mrs. Tofunmi Akamo’s contact information, claiming he was not present when the incident occurred.
When requested to help, the PTA chairman said that the principal couldn’t be reached because he was away of the country.
