By Funmilayo Adeyemi
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has promised to ensure that justice was served in the case of a student of the FCT School for the Deaf, Imran Kunan, who was allegedly sodomised.
Adamu stated this on Tuesday in Abuja, during the ministry’s 11th Ministerial briefing.
He said a petition was received from one Dr Hannatu Ayuba, alleging among other things, sodomisation of her child Imran, at the school, owned and managed by the FCT administration.
The minister said following the petition, the ministry set up a committee, chaired by Dr Jake Epelle, which looked into the allegation.
He further explained that a joint committee of the ministries of education and FCT was also set up, with assistance from security agencies, to ascertain the veracity of the petitioner’s claims.
He said the police report to the committee stated that they were able to obtain a confession from the…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
