{"id":59213,"date":"2025-01-08T17:10:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T17:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=59213"},"modified":"2025-01-08T17:10:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T17:10:35","slug":"lagos-teacher-caught-slapping-3-year-old-pupil-sparks-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/08\/lagos-teacher-caught-slapping-3-year-old-pupil-sparks-outrage\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos Teacher Caught Slapping 3-Year-Old Pupil Sparks Outrage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A viral video showing a teacher repeatedly slapping a three-year-old pupil at Christ-Mitots School, Isawo Road, Ikorodu, Lagos, has sparked widespread outrage.<\/p>\n<p>The two-minute footage, shared online on Wednesday, captured the teacher striking the child five times while instructing him on writing numbers 61 and 62.<\/p>\n<p>The teacher, identified as Stella Nwadigo, was seen enforcing her lesson with physical punishment.<\/p>\n<p>The video, originally posted by social media user @dammiedammie35, raised serious concerns about child safety in schools.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 320px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-59213-1\" width=\"320\" height=\"490\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/VID-20250108-WA0021.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/VID-20250108-WA0021.mp4\">https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/VID-20250108-WA0021.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>The caption read: \u201cFootage from Christ-Mitots School in Ikorodu shows a teacher mistreating and physically abusing a three-year-old boy, Abayomi Michael.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response, the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), confirmed the teacher\u2019s arrest, stating that the Owutu Family Support Unit (FSU), had taken her into custody.<\/p>\n<p>The agency reassured the public of the government&#8217;s commitment to child protection, emphasizing that schools must be safe and nurturing environments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe appreciate those who brought this disturbing incident to our attention.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The teacher in question has been arrested, and an investigation is underway,\u201d the agency stated.<\/p>\n<p>The DSVA urged anyone with further information on the case or similar incidents to contact them via their toll-free hotline, 08000 333 333, or through their social media platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu A viral video showing a teacher repeatedly slapping a three-year-old pupil at Christ-Mitots School, Isawo Road, Ikorodu, Lagos, has sparked widespread outrage. The two-minute footage, shared online on Wednesday, captured the teacher striking the child five times while instructing him on writing numbers 61 and 62. The teacher, identified as Stella Nwadigo, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":59223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[183],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59213"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59225,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59213\/revisions\/59225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}