#JusticeForDonDavis. Nigerians call Kumuyi to intervene in the case of molested schoolboy

 

Pascal Oparada

Nigerians are calling for justice to be done for Don Davies, the 10-year-old schoolboy molested by his seniors at Deeper Life High School in Akwa Ibom State.

They are calling the General Overseer of the church, William Kumuyi, which owns the school to intervene on behalf of Don Davis.

His silence on the issue, they say, is not good for someone who preaches good values, morality and upright behaviour.

#JusticeForDonDavis, a hashtag created to raise awareness to atrocities meted out to the 10-year-old at the school, is trending at the top spot on Twitter.

“Pastor Kumuyi Sternly Preaches against Lies, Evil & Wickedness, why is the Deeper Life School in Akwa Ibom oppressing a 12-year-old student & the Family? These are the times to practice all they preach & bring the offenders to book.

#JusticeForDonDavi,” Odogwu, a Twitter user said.

“Pastor kumuyi is too quiet for someone who sternly preaches against immorality and wickedness.

Fgs Davies was molested and raped by horrible boys in that school,” another Twitter user said.

Others said the voice of the revered clergyman is too low for such a crime that happened at the school he founded.

Deborah Okezie, the mother of Don Davis, had in a viral video on Facebook raised the alarm over the maltreatment meted out to her son, whom she said went to school as a chubby boy but returned pale and sick.

Mrs Okezie said her son told her that seniors at the school sexually molested him by inserting their fingers and toes into his anus.

In the video, Don Davis who looked visibly sick and traumatized was seen being taking to the hospital for treatment.

In another video, Mrs Okezie alleged a threat to her life.

According to her, the state government through the Commissioner for Education in Akwa Ibom invited her and her son to meditate on the issue but threatened her.

In the video, Okezie said Enobong Mbobo, the state’s commissioner for education, had invited her and her son for questioning on the instruction of the state government.

“Nigerians, I am not safe, if I am going now and they kill me, let people know what killed me. Any time you don’t see me come here live to update you, just know that they have collected my phone from me,” the mother claimed.

“We got a call saying we should come to the commissioner’s office. We told them the boy was not strong enough to come 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.”

The mother alleged that Enobong had taken sides with the parents of the accused while requesting that she pull down the now-viral videos she made online.

Okezie also claimed she was attacked and questioned on why she went on a live broadcast.

According to her, Enobong had claimed her outburst posed a risk to the commissioner’s office and the government.

“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?” Okezie said.

“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.

“I told the commissioner that she could not intimidate me; even if she wanted me to take the video off the 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?

“Already biased, she turned to Don Davis and 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.”

The mother, thereafter, alleged that her phone was seized as the commissioner grilled her son with pressurising questions she objected to.

Okezie claimed the parent of one of the boys, who allegedly molested her son, threatened to slap her while another attempted to beat her.

“They said I am putting the government at risk, I told them I have always been a social media person. They pushed me and my children out of their office, they insulted me till I came downstairs this afternoon,” Okezie added.

“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 the air. I am doing this video so the governor will know the truth.”

The mother also called on foreign bodies to come to her aid to avoid losing her life in her quest to get justice.