VDM Gives Ikorodu School Owners 24 Hours Over Video of Teacher Maltreating 3-Year-Old Pupil

• A video of Verydarkman fuming over a viral video of a teacher maltreating a young boy in a school is trending
• Verydarkman vowed to march to the school with a crowd if the school owners failed to explain what led to the maltreatment of the child
• The Lagos state government has since taken action as the teacher has now been arrested while the video continues to spark reactions
• In a chat with Legit.ng, a teacher shared her take on the viral video of a pupil being maltreated at a school in Lagos

Social media critic Martins Vincent Otse, aka Verydarkman, has reacted to a viral video of a teacher maltreating a young boy at a school in the Ikorodu area of Lagos.

The viral clip, which was recorded by an anonymous individual and shared online, showed a teacher at a school in Ikorodu slapping and yelling at a child.

Read also

X user suffers backlash after slamming Davido for exposing daughter Hailey to luxury life: "Poverty"

According to the reports, the teacher was seen maltreating the boy while attempting to teach him how to write numbers.

VDM blows hot over video

The social media critic, who always gets involved in societal issues, expressed his displeasure at the teacher's actions and vowed to storm the school if the owners did not address the incident.

VDM, who pointed out that many children return home to their parents feeling sick, called for the teacher to be brought to book.

"To the owners and board members of CHRIST-MITOTS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS you have 24hrs to give us the reason why one of your teacher IS ON TAPE doing this evuuul act to this poor boy," VDM wrote in a caption of the video he shared.

Lagos govt arrests teacher

In a more recent update, the Lagos state government has arrested the teacher, Stella Nwadigo, over the viral video showing her maltreating the pupil.

Read also

Daniel Regha drags police for not arresting Okoya sons over viral video: "No one is above the law"

The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) confirmed the teacher’s arrest, reinstating the state’s commitment to protecting children from abuse.

See a statement released by Lagos DSVA below via its X handle

Nigerians react to viral video

Legit.ng captured some of the comments that trailed the video, read them below:

KinqKudos:

"Who dey record am? think again."

"RaphaelOladime4:

"The hitting was too hard for a 3 year old. But it's funny how people are pretending like they didn't get such treatments or worse from their teachers and/or parents while at his age, reacting surprised like it's a strange thing."

khanofkhans11_:

"That teacher deserves to be fired."

EchoSocietal:

"And the person filming without intervening is on the same level as this lady who is mistreating this child."

your_Favxparte:

"Sadly many of us had to learn through this traumatizing pattern...I remember being flogged repeatedly because of multiplication table..."

Read also

Court takes action on teacher caught in video assaulting 3-year-old student, mentions next date

The teacher should be re-educated

According to a teacher, Ms Tosin Christianah, who is based in Niger state, the female teacher in the viral video deserved to be suspended and re-educated on how to teach children like that.

"I think the boy is a slow learner. But looking at it from the teacher's angle, possibly the student gives her a tough time before he learns or does not grab stuff on time. So I suggest that for that kind of pupil, since she knows his deficiency, she should have taken more time to teach him, like let him learn it over and over. If you watch the video to the end, after the slaps, the boy learnt how to write the number six without her showing him again. The way she reacted means that is not the first time, and the boy seems used to it already, I was surprised he was not shouting and crying seriously with that kind of hot slap,"

Read also

Mr Macaroni blasts Lagos tourism commissioner for assaulting a citizen: "Who do you think you are?"

VDM advises Chiefpriest on DNA

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that VDM commented on the drama between Cubana Chiefpriest and his alleged baby mama, Helen.

VDM noted that Cubana Chiefpriest was his friend, but he had to share his opinion since the issue had become public.

The critic advised the socialite to do a DNA test on the boy, and if he is not his, he should charge Helen to court for defamation of character, and she should be arrested.

Proofreading by Nkem Ikeke, journalist and copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng