A 13-year-old girl, Miss Chisom Oparaugo, has dragged Lagos
State Commissioner for Education before an Ikeja High Court over alleged
injuries she suffered, following collapse of Clegg Girls School fence.
Joined as defendant in the suit is the Executive Chairman, Lagos State Government
Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB.
According to the suit, Oparaugo is claiming against the
defendants the sum of N857,081, being the cost of her medical bills and
expenses incurred during her hospitalisation, due to the injuries suffered from
the collapse of the fence on July 17, 2011.
Oparaugo is suing through her father, Mr. Aggrey Ikechukwu
Oparaugo. The claimant is asking for 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.
During yesterday’s proceeding before Justice Oluwatoyin
Ipaye, counsel to the claimant, Mr, Osagie Rubson, informed the court that the
matter was for settlement at the Alternative Dispute Resolution, ADR.
Rubson told the court that in line with settlement, sometime
June last year, they met with the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of
Justice, Mr. Lawal Pedro (SAN), who agreed to offer N1 million.
The claimant’s counsel (Rubson) noted that since their last
meeting with the Permanent Secretary last year, no money had been offered as
settlement.
After listening to the claimant’s counsel, Justice Ipaye
asked the Chief State Counsel, Mr. Akin George, to follow up on the matter to
the Permanent Secretary (Pedro) for amicable settlement and Justice Ipaye
adjourned the matter till July 15 for trial.
Vanguard report
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