Court makes key ruling in case of 9-year-old girl who tragically died in Abuja school

• FCT High Court orders N100m compensation to Mr. Ifeanyi Ikpeatusim implicit the decease of his 9-year-old daughter, Kamzie, owed to the school’s negligence
• Justice Sylvanus Oriji ruled that Louisville Girls Secondary School failed to supply punctual aesculapian care, starring to the student’s untimely death
• Court commends school’s improved sickbay, noting that deploying doctors doubly regular is simply a worthy tribute and a motion of lessons learned

An Abuja High Court sitting successful the Federal Capital Territory has ordered Louisville Girls Secondary School, Gwagwalada, to wage N100 cardinal successful wide damages for negligence that led to the tragic decease of a 9-year-old student, Kamzie Ikpeatusim.

The judgment, delivered connected Tuesday, April 8, by Justice Sylvanus Oriji, followed a suit filed by Mr. Ifeanyi Ikpeatusim, the deceased girl’s father, who accused the schoolhouse of failing successful its work of care.

Court Takes Major Decision After Parent Sues Abuja School Over Death of 9-Year-Old Daughter
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Tragic decease of 9-year-old pistillate pupil aft resumption

According to the suit (marked CV/1738/18), Kamzie was admitted into the boarding schoolhouse successful September 2017.

However, she reportedly fell sick little than a period aboriginal and died connected October 2, 2017, aft allegedly being denied capable and timely aesculapian care.

Mr. Ikpeatusim contended that the schoolhouse failed to supply urgent aesculapian attention, which could person prevented the decease of his daughter.

Negligence established, tribunal takes ruling

In his ruling, Justice Oriji held that the claimant successfully proved that the schoolhouse acted negligently successful handling the young girl's wellness situation.

“The claimant established his allegations of negligence against the school. There is nary magnitude of wealth that tin bring backmost the kid to life,” the justice said.

The tribunal awarded N100 cardinal successful wide damages and an further N300,000 arsenic the outgo of filing the suit.

A 10 percent yearly involvement was besides placed connected the judgement sum, effectual from April 8 until it is afloat paid.

School’s sickbay present improved

Court Takes Major Decision After Parent Sues Abuja School Over Death of 9-Year-Old Daughter
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While the begetter had requested that a operation beryllium named aft Kamzie successful her memory, Justice Oriji noted that the schoolhouse had already taken important steps to upgrade its aesculapian facilities, which could beryllium seen arsenic a tribute to the deceased.

“The tribunal thinks that the betterment successful the sickbay, ensuring doctors are disposable doubly daily, is successful honour of Kamzie, arsenic portion of reforms recommended by her family,” the justice said.

He urged the household to find comfortableness successful the information that the changes made by the schoolhouse could assistance forestall a recurrence of specified a tragedy.

Natasha files N5bn defamation suit against Nwaebonyi

Previously, Legit.ng reported that Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has filed a N5 cardinal lawsuit against Senator Onyekachi Nwaebonyi earlier the Federal High Court, Abuja division.

Akpoti-Uduaghan accused Nwaebonyi of defamation implicit respective alleged mendacious statements made during media interviews successful March 2025.

One of the main accusations stemmed from an interrogation wherever Senator Nwaebonyi appeared arsenic a impermanent connected Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily connected March 6, 2025, and allegedly referred to Senator Natasha arsenic a “gold digger,” “habitual liar,” and “habitual blackmailer.”

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