{"id":59264,"date":"2025-01-09T09:36:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T09:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=59264"},"modified":"2025-01-09T09:36:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T09:36:00","slug":"lagos-teacher-suspended-over-shocking-toddler-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/09\/lagos-teacher-suspended-over-shocking-toddler-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos Teacher Suspended Over Shocking Toddler Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The female teacher at Christ Mitots School, Ikorodu, Lagos, has been suspended indefinitely after a viral video showed her physically assaulting a toddler, sparking widespread outrage.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Thursday, the school management condemned the incident, calling it \u201cunacceptable and contrary to our values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The school emphasized its zero-tolerance policy on child abuse and assured the public of a thorough investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The statement described the footage as deeply troubling and reaffirmed the institution\u2019s commitment to fostering a culture of respect, care, and dignity.<\/p>\n<p>The teacher\u2019s suspension, it noted, was an immediate and decisive action to uphold the school\u2019s duty to protect its students.<\/p>\n<p>Apologizing to the child\u2019s family, the school pledged full support to ensure their well-being.<\/p>\n<p>It also announced plans to prevent future occurrences, including mandatory child protection training for staff, stricter disciplinary policies, and the introduction of a confidential whistle-blowing system to encourage prompt reporting of misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>As authorities continue their investigation, the school urged the public to allow due process, assuring parents and guardians that necessary steps are being taken to address the matter responsibly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu The female teacher at Christ Mitots School, Ikorodu, Lagos, has been suspended indefinitely after a viral video showed her physically assaulting a toddler, sparking widespread outrage. In a statement on Thursday, the school management condemned the incident, calling it \u201cunacceptable and contrary to our values.\u201d The school emphasized its zero-tolerance policy on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":59223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59264","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59264"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59265,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59264\/revisions\/59265"}],"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=59264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}