According to eyewitnesses, the recent development has called for a concern when a mother who enrolled her child in a school becomes subject to assault and humiliation by the school management while in the course to watch after her ward.
Narrating her ordeal, Mrs Chukwudelu accused the principal of the school, Reverend Sister Esther Uchenna Nwobi of ordering two of her male staff to flog her when she came to ascertain why her daughter was expelled from the school.
The woman lamented the violation of her rights and that of her daughter, alleging the two teachers beat her in the presence of the students and other staff of the school.
Mrs Chukwudelu said the trouble began when she received a report about the ill-treatment of her daughter by the Principal of the school.
She threatened to sue the school principal and other staff who were involved in the alleged abuse of her rights, and as well called for the intervention of the relevant authorities in the matter.
“I want them to apologize to my daughter for the injustice they did to her because she is a woman, and they treated her like a criminal for discharging her job as a school prefect, and for also flogging her mother in the presence of the whole school," the woman added.
Her daughter, Miss Chimaobi Chukwudelu, also alleged that she was expelled from the school by the principal because she flogged her junior student (name withheld) who allegedly inserted a piece of paper in another student's mouth.
Miss Chimaobi explained: "On that day, we got a report that someone was sleeping in the class and his classmate inserted a piece of paper in his mouth.
“We called her (name withheld) and she refused to come. I went to her and she refused. I asked her to follow me to my class and told her to kneel but she refused. I then flogged her to make her obey but she started fighting me, to the extent my classmates had to help me.
“She went and reported me to my mathematics teacher who laid me on the table and flogged me. He gave her five hundred (500) Naira to buy cane for him to flog me.
“He gave me seventeen (17) strokes and flogged other students who refused to hold me. We got to the principal's office and she gave us twelve strokes of cane and labour.
“She asked us to apologize to the girl which we did. My mother later saw the beaten on me and she was not happy. She called the principal on her phone to explain what happened but she stopped her calls.
“I went to school the next day and the principal called me into her office and said, she has expelled me for bringing my mother to fight for me in the school.
“When I told my mother that I was expelled, she said, we should go to the school and see the principal. When my mother tried to ascertain what happened before the principal, the two male teachers, came and started shouting at her, and they flogged my mother."
NATIONAL PANEL confirmed that Miss Chimaobi was a game perfect of the School before her expulsion.
Also, an insider in anonymity revealed that the school regulations permit functionaries to discipline an unruly student.
Chimaobi, however, appealed to the Parents Teachers Association (PTA) of the institution, the security agencies and other relevant authorities to intervene in her expulsion and seek justice for her and the mother over the alleged assault meted out on them.
When contacted on the phone, Reverend Sister Esther Uchenna Nwobi promised to respond to the allegations against her after she met with the Bishop.
“We are having a meeting with the Bishop, just expect my call, I have your number I will call you," the Principal assured.
But the principal has declined to respond to the allegations after several attempts to get her reaction through phone calls and a text message before filing this report.
Recall that there many cases of bullying characterizing Nigerian schools, especially in the primary and secondary school system over the years.
Worse still, students in boarding schools have been oppressed by their senior colleagues and even teachers.
