10-year-old girl hangs herself after being bullied in school over her race and for being autistic
A 10-year-old girl, Isabella Faith Tichenor, has committed suicide after being bulled in school over her race and being autistic.
According to her mum, Brittany, she was picked on by her school mates because she had autism and dyslexia, while her granddad, Gregory, said she was also bullied for being black.
Brittany said the abuse was reported to the school in North Salt Lake, Utah, U.S, but no action was taken to protect her daughter.
She said;
“As any parent would, we reported this abuse to her teachers, the school administration, and the district administration, she told a press conference.
“Nothing, nothing was done to protect Izzy. Children did not have their behaviour corrected so the torment of this child continued day after day.
“You really wouldn’t have known she was going through that.
“So that was the hardest part. She must have really internalised this.”
The little girl’s grandmother, Paula Harris, said they will now be Izzy’s “voice” to fight against the problem of bullying.
Harris said;
“We are going to be Izzy’s voice, we are going to ring the bell as loud as we can because we are going to stop this bullying. That little girl had spark, that little girl had hopes and dreams.”
A press conference was organized to address the issue and the Tichenor family alongside the PTA representatives of Foxboro Elementary School were present.
Speaking with 2News, a parent, Breanna Larson said, “Everyone has a role here in this failure, and everyone has a role in the solution. It is on the parents, it’s on the students, it’s on the teachers, it’s on the administration.”
Izzy’s grandfather, Gregory Tichenor told the Sun: “My daughter went to the teacher and she went to the principal and nothing was done. This has been going on for months and nothing was done. It was both verbal and physical.”
He maintained that he thinks Isabella was racially abused and was called the “N word” by other kids.
“We think this was racially motivated. This is what they do. This is their make up but it needs to change,” he maintained.
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Mother of Nigerian singer, Davido‘s first daughter, Imade Adeleke, Sophia Momodu has said the only time she can let the little girl show off is when it has to do with her academics.
On her social media page recently, the businesswoman shared a video of the time that she rained her Imade’s parade, when she took out the expensive Rolex watch she was planning to wear to school that very day.
According to Sophia, little Imade had worn the Rolex all weekend and tried to sneak it to school hoping her mom wouldn’t notice but she got busted.
Sophia wrote alongside a video of her taking off the expensive timepiece from her daughter’s wrist,
That time Imade wore her watch all weekend hoping I wouldn’t notice so she could wear it to school & show her mates she reallly got it like that & I bursted her bubble
In another post, she shared that the only time she can allow her daughter to show off is when it has to do with her academics… She wrote,
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OAP Toolz urges actress Mercy Johnson to sue her accuser, after claiming she was misinformed on the ‘school teacher bullying saga’
Popular Nigerian Radio Personality, Tolu Oniru, otherwise known as Toolz, has advised actress Mercy Johnson-Okojie to sue the lady who wrongly accused her of storming her daughter’s school with thugs.
The actress had taken to her Instagram page to air her displeasure over the unjust act against her kid. She revealed that the teacher deliberately bullies her daughter, Purity for the mere reason that she hates her (Mercy Johnson) as a public figure.
A lady who then claimed to be in the educational institution gave a different narrative of the whole confrontation. According to this lady, Mercy’s approach is far different from what she narrated in her post.
However, some hours later the lady then apologized. @thenancychidera revealed that she was misinformed about the whole drama, noting that she based her judgement on what she heard without critically examining the issue
Toolz in her reaction said the lady’s apology was not acceptable and that it pissed her off.
Toolz wrote via her IG Story ;
“This sh*t is pissing me off and it’s not even my child. You haven’t seen traumatised yet.”
“Not acceptable. @mercyjohnsonokojie I know you’re gentle, but please sue her. What rubbish, you came here spewing nonsense like you had receipts, when she was quite rightly sticking up for her child.
“Mercy is like one of the most unproblematic celebs, and you want to use her for clout. Mercy please sue! I will distribute aso-ebi for the people that want to follow you to court.”
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Controversial actor, Uche Maduagwu has tackled his colleague, Mercy Johnson for calling out her daughter’s school teacher allegedly bullying her in her school.
The mother of four had earlier taken to social media to reveal that her 8-year-old daughter, Purity is being bullied in school by a teacher who doesn’t like her mum (Mercy) because of her celebrity status.
Reacting to the whole school-teacher saga, Uche Maduagwu berated the actress for bringing the matter to social media, after reporting the teacher to the school authority.
According to him, Mercy is wrong for bringing the issue that happened in her daughter’s school to social media, before the school authority addressed her complaint.
In his words,
“Dear Mercy Johnson, you are a great mum who #loves her pikin but I think all this attention is unnecessary since according to your post, you talk say you don carry the teacher matter go school authority, so why bring the matter come social media again?
Have you listened to that teacher side or allowed the #school authorities conclude dem findings before coming out with this LAUGHABLE reason as to why dem allegedly bully your pikin? Nigerian #TEACHERS are also peoples mums, sisters and dads, the extraordinary work they do should be appreciated #beautiful #lekki #mercyjohnson #nollywood”.
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A lady who immensely waded in the narrative of the confrontation that happened between Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson and her daughter, Purity’s school teacher, is not backing down on her stance even after the actress gave receipts to refute the claims of the said lady.
Mercy Johnson had earlier in the day, taken to her IG page to reveal her displeasure over the fact that a teacher in her daughter, Purity’s school consistently bullies her because she’s the child of a celebrity. See here
The lady, identified on Instagram as @thenancychidera made an Instagram live video recently to hold her stance on what she claims the actress did when she confronted her daughter’s school teacher.
The actress had also prior to this, did an Instagram live to debunk the claims of the lady — in the live session, the actress got staff members of the school to wade in on the matter.
But in the newest development, the lady who appears to not be approving of Mercy’s receipt made an Instagram live video to blast the actress for being adamant.
She’s heard saying Mercy’s child is not the only celebrity kid in the school and there is no just reason as to why the teacher would single her child out just so she can maltreat her.
@thenancychidera went on to reveal Mercy’s colleagues, Uche Elendu, Mimi Orjiekwe and others, also have their kids in the school, but there has been no complaint from their side.
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Actress, Mercy Johnson visits daughter’s school, debunks claim of using thugs to beat up staff (Video)
Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson has debunked claims that she took thugs to her daughter’s school to assault the teacher.
Recall that on Friday morning, October 22nd, the mother of four in a lengthy Instagram post alleged that her 8-year-old daughter is being bullied in her new school by a teacher.
According to Mercy, her daughter who used to love going to school now dreads going to school and even requested her school be changed because of the ill treatment from the teacher.
Reacting to the actress’ post an Instagram user who alleged that she witnessed the whole incident at the school, shared an entirely different story.
According to the lady identified as @thenancychidera , Mercy Johnson fought the school’s head teacher because she corrected her daughter. The lady alleged that Mercy’s husband also brought three able-bodied men to the school to beat up the teacher.
Reacting to @thenancychidera’s allegations, Mercy who was in Purity’s school to settle the issue went live on Instagram and questioned the staff of the school including the headteacher if she ever brought thugs or fought at the school as claimed.
The teachers however confirmed that @thenancychidera’s claim is false and a fabricated story.
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“I’ll not allow my 8-year-old child to be victimized” – Actress, Mercy Johnson laments over consistent bullying of her daughter by school teacher
Delectable Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson-Okojie is quite enraged over the victimization constantly meted out on her daughter by a teacher in her school.
The actress took to her IG page moments ago to air her displeasure over the unjust act against her kid. She revealed that the teacher deliberately bullies her daughter, Purity for the mere reason that she hates her (Mercy Johnson) as a public figure.
In her post which features a quite lengthy note, the mother of four narrated how this lady, who isn’t her daughter’s class teacher shows up in her class from time to time just to victimize the little girl.
Mercy noted that after confronting the lady, she boldly opened up on hating her with a passion and vouched to continue punishing her daughter whenever she feels like doing so.
This treatment according to Mercy Johnson has made her daughter dislike going to school. She wrote as caption,
What do you do when the teacher is actually the bully and your child the constant victim? Enough is enough, I have reported to the school authorities and I will see this to the end.
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The schooling started after the model apprised people of the legal consequence of sharing songstress, Tiwa Savage’s leaked sex tape and the wrongness in blaming victims whose sexual contents get leaked without their consent.
“The problem will never be the fact that someone made a sex tape or that someone took a picture naked, the problem will always lie with the person that decided to leak it. Stop victim blaming,” she wrote.
She continued: “And leaking someone’s nudes is a criminal offense. I hope one of you becomes a scapegoat.”
Upon seeing the responses her opinion stirred, she went on to remind folks that later,
“we will talk about how slut-shaming culture impacts rape culture. Calling people especially women all types of sluts because of how they choose to dress or how they talk etc puts women in harm’s way but like I said we will have that conversation later.”
Her statement then blew up and she took her time schooling folks who blame victims of rape and sexual assault for dressing a certain type of way.
“You are a black man, you do not need to dress a certain way before you are profiled as a threat to a racist. Labels are harmful. Check your bias and unlearn. Have a great day ahead,” one of her tweets reads.
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The proud father took to his official Instagram page to share a video of himself with his son, David at his graduation ceremony.
In the video, the actor who is known for his comic character in movies made some hilarious comments which made the young guy burst into laughter.
Osuagwu told his son ‘Your mumu go pass my mumu’, which according to him, means that the ‘foolishness’ will fetch his son more money and fortunes than it did for him.
Sharing the video, the proud dad wrote,
“Congratulations, David Victor Osuagwu As U Graduate Today. Dis Is Just D Starting Point. More Excellence, Wisdom and Greatness In Jesus Name…”
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According to reports, the lecturer, one Dr Bode Ekundayo, in the English and Literature department, locked up the female student in his office when she visited him to register for her final year project on October 5, 2021.
It is alleged that he raped her and refused to let her go for hours. The said victim, who is a 400 level student, is reported to have sent messages to a friend who then reported to security guards in the school and went to rescue the student.
The victim was then rushed to the school’s health centre.
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The proud father took to his official Instagram page to share an adorable photo of himself and his wife with Danielle at her graduation ceremony.
Sharing the photo he reiterated that his daughter has made his family proud and he’s proud of her achievements.
“Big Congratulations to my daughter, my first child @danielleyuledochie as she graduates from secondary school today. Mummy @mayyuledochie and Daddy are proud of you and we love you so much. Thank you to the Almighty God for all the blessings. He wrote.
In related news, Yul Edochie recently took to social media to celebrate his daughter, Danielle after she aced the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
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Actor, Yul Edochie celebrates his daughter as she graduates from secondary school
Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie has taken to social media to celebrate his daughter, Danielle, who graduated from secondary school today, October 8.
The proud dad shared a photo of himself posing with his wife and their daughter who donned her graduation gown and expressed gratitude to God for his blessings.
He wrote,
“Big Congratulations to my daughter, my first child @danielleyuledochie as she graduates from secondary school today.
Mummy @mayyuledochie and Daddy are proud of you and we love you so much.
.
Thank you to the Almighty God for all the blessings.”
Congratulations to her!
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Yul Edochie recently took to social media to celebrate his Danielle after she aced the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
The proud father sharing a photo of his beautiful daughter on Instagram page revealed she scored 241 in JAMB, and promised to surprise her with a gift if she also does well in WAEC.
“My daughter @danielleyuledochie scored 241 in JAMB. And I’m super proud of her. That’s brilliance. Big Congratulations to you Danielle, Mummy and Daddy are proud of you.
“As you start your WAEC we wish you the best. Clear all your papers once and Daddy will surprise you with a gift. By God’s grace I’ll have enough money to buy you anything you want. Your mummy @mayyuledochie and I love you very much”. He wrote.