13-Year Old Girl Sues Lagos Education Commissioner, SUBEB Over Injuries She Suffered In School

A 13-year-old girl, Miss Chisom Oparaugo, has sued the Lagos State Commissioner for Education and the Executive Chairman, Lagos State Government Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB for the injuries she sustained following the collapse of her school fence which left her with several injuries in 2011.

Chisom had sustained injuries when the fence of her school, Clegg Girls School collapsed. She is now claiming against the defendants the sum of N857,081, being the cost of her medical bills and expenses incurred during her hospitalisation, and also asking for the sum of N2.5 million, being the cost of legal fees for the institution of the suit and N250,000,000 as remedies for her present and further life damages.

She made this demands through her father Mr Aggrey Ikechukwu Oparaugo at an Ikeja High Court. The matter has now been adjourned till July 15 for trial.