Namtira Bwala, a student at Lead British International School in Abuja, has initiated legal action against the school management after experiencing bullying from her peers. Bwala alleges that the school failed to fulfill its duty to provide a safe and conducive learning environment for her.
The lawsuit was filed in the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, by her lawyer Marvin Omorogbe, the Founding Partner of Deji Adeyanju and Partners. Bwala is seeking various remedies, including a public apology to be published in two national newspapers and N500 million in general damages.
She claimed, among others, “A declaration that by the claimant’s studentship in the defendant’s school, Lead British International School, Gwarimpa, Abuja, the defendant owes the claimant a duty of care to protect her from any physical or emotional harm as well as any breach of her privacy while under the defendant’s custody and supervision.”
“A declaration that the defendant’s failure to prevent the assault, torment, emotional distress, pain, and trauma suffered by the claimant while under the custody and supervision of the defendant amounts to negligent conduct on the part of the defendant.”
“An order directing the defendant to pay the claimant the sum of N500,000,000.00 (five hundred million naira) as general damages for the defendant’s breach of the duty of care it owes to the claimant, and its negligent conduct in failing to prevent the assault, torment, emotional distress, pain, trauma and breach of privacy suffered by the claimant, while under the defendant’s custody and supervision.”
