< img src ="https://edugist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/IMG-20260320-WA0001.jpg"alt= "" > A previous student of Valencia College Ibadan has filed a suit versus the school’s proprietor, Engr. Morakiny Goodness, over a supposed case of prolonged physical and psychological abuse dating back to 2016.
The suit, submitted on March 18, 2026, centres on an occurrence said to have actually happened on September 13, 2016, when the claimant– then a Senior Secondary School 2 (SSS2) trainee– was supposedly subjected to severe punishment after supposedly referring to the proprietor as “mumu” in a WhatsApp group discussion.
According to information consisted of in the legal action, the student alleged that he was summoned together with his schoolmates to the school’s dining hall, where he was ordered to eliminate his shirt and lie on the floor.
He further claimed that cleaners were instructed to pour pails of water on him before he was flogged continuously for about 2 hours.
The plaintiff also alleged that he was required to roll on muddy ground in public view, kicked, and had the proprietor’s foot put on his head. He added that he was denied food and later on had a container of unclean dishwater soaked him.
In a more claim, the ex-student mentioned that about a week after the incident, he was again summoned, made to strip, and presumably embarrassed as his injuries were displayed to another trainee. He described the experience as degrading, inhumane, and an infraction of his basic right to self-respect.
The plaintiff is now seeking redress in court through an essential human rights enforcement suit, demanding justice for the supposed abuse.
Reacting to the viral claims, the management of Valencia Group of Schools dismissed the claims, explaining them as misleading and a distortion of truths.
In a main statement, the school verified that the matter is already before a competent court in Oyo State however stated it was forced to respond due to the public attention produced.
The school kept that the problem stemmed from a disciplinary case involving the former student, Oluwafẹranmi Ojo, who presumably referred to the proprietor in a derogatory manner on a WhatsApp platform.
According to the statement, “Mr. Oluwafẹranmi Ojo, then an SSS2 trainee, was discovered to have referred to the Owner … as a ‘mumu’– a bad Yoruba word meaning ‘fool’– on a WhatsApp group.”
Offering additional context, the school priced quote the student as stating, “don’t mind my ‘mumu’ owner, he made everyone read for Biology,” in reaction to a conversation about subject choices.
The management, nevertheless, did not directly deal with the comprehensive accusations of physical abuse outlined in the claim however stressed that the matter is sub judice.
“We keep in mind that this very same matter is currently pending before a competent law court in Oyo State … we are compelled to provide this response to set the records directly,” the statement read.
The school also warned that the social networks narrative has the prospective to misinform the public and damage its credibility, noting that it has actually spent over a decade shaping young minds.