Crisis at Lekki British Int’l School as 12 Year Old Tries to Poison Fellow Student

On the 14th Of June 2017, a male Junior Secondary School pupil of the Lekki British International School, Lagos tried to poison a fellow classmate, who is female, by putting ‘sulphuric acid’ and ‘ethanol’ in her water bottle because he was envious of her academic excellence that exceeded his.

The female student’s aunt claims that the school had not done anything pertaining to the situation since then till date. She also alleges that the school even allowed the boy to to sit for the third term examination despite him admitting that he indeed tried to kill his fellow classmate.

According to PUNCH Metro, The 12-year-old admitted he was envious of the 11-year-old female classmate, who had beaten him to the first position in the first and second terms. The incident happened around 1.30pm on Wednesday, June 14. The school was planning for the third term exam when the 12-year-old allegedly sneaked into the school’s laboratory and stole the acid and ethanol.

He was said to have mixed the chemicals and poured them into the 11-year-old’s water bottle. Two students of the school reportedly caught him in the act and reported to the school management. The suspect allegedly owned up to the crime, saying he had been planning it for sometime.

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A member of the 11-year-old’s family said on Wednesday that despite the culprit’s confession, the school allowed him to sit for the third term examination and that the school is threatening her niece and trying to cover up for the boy. When the school management was contacted; an official, who did not identify herself, claimed the student had been expelled and the school had also referred him for psychological and psychiatric tests.

The parents of the girl have withdrawn her from the school. The family also threatened legal action over the alleged indifference of the school management to the incident.

The girl’s aunt told PUNCH Metro on Thursday that the family members were furious with the poor handling of the case.  Furthermore, she claims the family was not aware of the boy’s expulsion. She criticised the school for allegedly blaming her niece for provoking the boy into the act, adding that she was forced to write a letter of apology.

Here is the aunt’s account of the incident:

“She joined the school about two weeks into the commencement of the first term and she did well during the first and second terms. But unknown to her, this particular boy was after her life. On Wednesday, June 14, 2017, around 1.30pm, they went on a lunch break. The boy took her water bottle from her bag and poured out the water in it. He went to the toilet and poured the acid into the water bottle. Two other pupils walked in at that point and queried him on what he was doing. He begged them not to tell anybody, but the boys told her and she informed the school authorities before calling her parents.

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Initially, we were told that the owner of the school was not around. The following Monday, the mother was told that the boy would be given a week suspension after their exams. The shocking part is that by the next day, the owner of the school called the girl into her office and asked her to write an apology letter, saying that she provoked the boy into the act.

She explained that the incident traumatised the 11-year-old. The mother was said to have withdrawn her from the school, just as the offender allegedly sat for the exams.

We are planning to sue the school for negligence. If the school management is claiming that the boy has been expelled, when did that happen? Was it after he completed the exams and now that the school is about to vacate?”

When PUNCH correspondent reached out to the school on its official line, the phone rang out several times. A text message had also yet to be replied to as of press time.

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