As #JusticeForDonDavis trends in the Twitter, some Nigerians are demanding justice for the 11-year-old Deeper Life High School student alleged to have been molested in the school.
Deborah Okezie, mother of the JSS1 student, Don Davis Archibong who was allegedly molested in his boarding school in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital said he now suffers trauma following months of the alleged abuse.
Based on the live Facebook post by Okezie, Akwa Ibom Government ordered investigation into the allegation and directed the Commissioner for Education to look into and report to the government for necessary action.
However, the woman alleged that she was intimidated and her telephone seized in the office of the Commissioner when she appeared for interrogation.
In a recent update, she said he experiences nightmares and regularly jumps up from sleep suddenly.
Nigerians are now asking that Don Davis gets justice. See comments on Twitter below…
Pulse Nigeria wrote “Nigerians demand #JusticeForDonDavis who was allegedly molested in Deeper Life School. Share you thoughts.”
Zikoko tweeted “An 11-year-old boy, Don Davis, was 3exually molested and bullied at Deeper Life High School, Uyo and now #JusticeForDonDavis is a trending topic today. If you are wondering what transpired, here is what we know.”
Deji Faremi stated “It must be super frustrating when those who are supposed to give you justice are either being passive or outightly on the side of your oppressors. They must not sweep this under the carpet.#JusticeForDonDavis.”
Jamal wrote “The #JusticeForDonDavis case is so disgusting to say the least. Also, the efforts expended by the school and Akwa Ibom State Government to sweep it under the carpet is another pointer to our attitude to 3exual abuse irrespective of the gender of the survivor.”
Nigeria Newsdesk tweeted “#JusticeforDonDavis: What concerned authorities can do to stop the menace of sexual abuse in high schools.”
My Life Is Not Safe- Mrs Okezie’s Mother Cries
The distraught mother who is seeking justice for her son, had given an initial update, claiming she was intimidated after she was summoned by the Commissioner for Education for further investigation.
In a Facebook broadcast on Thursday, December 24, Okezie said she was assaulted when she visited the office of the state Commissioner for Education.
Okezie revealed that she was invited alongside Don Davis as part of the investigations set up by the state government over the matter but was ordered to delete previous videos she had released.
The woman said she now moves around with her other kids because of fear of being attacked.
“Nigerians, I am not safe, if I am going now and they kill me, let people know what killed me. Don’t I have the right to freedom of speech?” she said.
Continuing, “I had promised to keep Nigerians updated in all I am doing on Don Davis’ case. Any time you don’t see me come here live to update you, just know that they have collected my phone from me. Just this afternoon, my two phones were collected from me.
“This morning we got a call saying that we should come with Don Davis to the Commissioner for Education’s office, we told them the boy was not strong enough to come out but they said the parents of the said boys, who were involved in whatever happened to Don Davis, were there. We told them Don Davis was taken to another hospital, they said we must bring him, but since we had to obey them because it was part of investigations as ordered by the governor, we pulled him out from the hospital.
“On getting to the commissioner’s office, Deeper Life School Board (members) were seated, the parents with their friends were seated and I was with my husband, Don Davis and my other children.”
Okezie said the commissioner started questioning her on why she had gone on live broadcast, ordering her to remove the video from the Internet as they claimed it posed a great risk to the government and the office of the commissioner.
“She was asking me; do I know what that has done to her office? Do I know that America is watching? She said why did I do what I did? That I am putting the government’s name at risk? I said how? Everybody saw that the government said the case should be investigated, what is putting the government at risk here? She said I should take the video off the Internet immediately.”
The distraught mother said one of her phones was collected from her and was asked again to remove the video from the Internet. Okezie said the commissioner started the questioning asking Don Davis a lot of pressurising questions which she objected to.
“I told the commissioner that she could not intimidate me; even if she wanted me to take the video off air, she could do it one on one. She said do I know what that video had done to her office? I said, is it a lie? What are we hiding? The woman now turned to Don Davis; already now she was biased over that video. She asked him what happened to him, he said they put fingers in his anus, then the woman started asking questions. I stood up and said no to this type of questioning.”
Okezie said one of the parents of the boys who had allegedly molested her son stood up, threatening to slap her while another brought out his belt to beat her.
She said immediately she told her son to get up and leave, the other parents initially seated had surrounded her, asking why she was always making videos.
She added that when they noticed her insistence, they pushed her out of the office.
“They said I am putting the government at risk, I told them I have always been a social media person. Is it their data? They pushed me and my children out of their office, they insulted me till I came downstairs this afternoon.
“Before I left, the commissioner told them she would take the remaining up, I told her to go ahead. Anything she wants to go and tell the governor, let her go and tell him but this is the truth. The commissioner pushed me out of her office; let her tell the governor that she asked me to get the video off air. I am doing this video so the governor will know the truth.”
Okezie also called on foreign bodies to come to her aid so she would not lose her life in her quest for justice
