A number of Nigerians have cried foul as the news of the death of a six-month-old baby Mitchelle Onoja in Britmax International School, Lokongoma, Abuja sends shock waves to many.

Here is the account of baby Mitchelle's mother, Rebecca Okoko Onoja as shared on her facebook wall.

HOW BRITMAX INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL LOKONGOMA, ABUJA-NIGERIA GRUESOMELY MURDERED MY CHILD, BABY MICHELLE ONOJA AND THE CONSPIRACY TO COVER IT UP.

#justiceforbabymichelle#
#justiceforbabies#
#justiceforfamilies#
#justiceforschoolchildren#

Michelle Onoja was a 6months old baby and the second child of Mr and Mrs Onoja before her gruesome murder on the 11th January 2019 by staffs of Britmax international School Lokogoma Abuja. She was registered in the daycare facility of britmax international school which is located at Jubilation bethel estate,lokogoma Abuja a stone throw from their residence within the same estate.

In the morning on the 11th January 2019, at about 8am, baby Michelle Enenu onoja was dropped at the daycare facility (creche) in britmax international school and left for her place of work. At the time of dropping her, there was nothing wrong with her as she was hale and hearty. At about 2:18pm, the mother called the nanny taking over from the first caregiver of the kids at school to know their welfare so she can go and pick them, she didn't pick the call. The mother then received a call at 2:19 pm from the school secretary's number which is a woman but was called and heard the voice of a man telling her to come to the school. She immediately got to the school which is less than a minute drive from her house, 3houses away from her house in the estate. When she got there, she saw about 5 women and 2 praying over michelle in the bed and asked what the matter was but nobody was giving her any response.

When Mummy Michelle carried her, she noticed blood stains on her nose and food particles around her hair and nostrils. She became seriously agitated and wondered what could have resulted to the blood stains on her daughters body but She tried sucking out whatever was the blockage but realized that the best thing was to rush her to the hospital. At the point of entering the car, one of the persons around whom she later understood was the school accountant made a remark that is it not hospital they just returned from, she was shocked and asked him “what did you say “ and he refused to speak further, on hearing this it dawned on the mother that the school had earlier taken her daughter to the hospital without her knowledge or information.yet none of the other people around could tell her anything, she even asked the nanny what happened, she didn't say a word and was told not to say anything to the mother. When asked about the teacher, they replied that had already left the school to the police station, even before the mother knew her child was dead.

On getting to federal medical centre jabi abuja, Baby Michelle was immediately received at the emergency unit and the doctors attended to her immediately but to no avail. He remarked that the baby would have been saved if brought in earlier.

Following the circumstances surrounding her death, she lodged a complaint at the divisional police station Apo, and the IPO Mr Arome was detailed to investigate the matter. Based on the blood stains the mom advised the police to demand for a preview of the CCTV to enable the police unravel the circumstances surrounding the mysterious of her daughter. To our greatest surprise, when Mr arome demanded for the CCTV on 12th January 2019 he was told that the camera has been wiped out. This information further increased the parents suspicion that their daughter may have been killed by the school without justification. The parents sought to know if the school had any medical personnel in its employment only to be told there is none.not even first aid kits was available at the time this incidence occurred.
Since the ipo could not acces the cctv the patents decided an autopsy be conducted on michelle to unravel the true cause of her death.

Which the IPO and parents proceeded to FMC jabi and paid 250,000 for autopsy test. Before the test result came out on the 23rd of January 2019, the parents were informed that some officials of the school had made some attempts to compromise the result of the autopsy but it was resisted by the hospital.

Consequently, when the result came out,it was discovered that both blood and feeds were oozing out of the mouth and nose of Michelle. The result also indicated that baby Michelle died as a result of asphyxiation.

Alarmed by this result, the parents demanded a full scale investigation from the police with a view to bringing any culprit who is connected to the gruesome murder of baby Michelle to justice. Rather than commence full and proper investigation into the matter, Mr arome suddenly lost interest in the matter and has since then been pleading that we forgive and forget about this matter.

when the parents insisted on pursuing the matter to a logical conclusion, Mr arome started feigning been busy and not giving attention to the matter.

The parents are seriously traumatized by the sudden turn of events in relation to the murder of their daughter.

Observations and concerns are as follows:

1. What led to the blood stains on Michelle’s nostrils and hair.

2. Why as baby Michelle kept all alone in a classroom by herself without supervision, no body in the class.

3. Why was the parents not contacted by the school before their daughter was taken to the hospital even when the distance between the school and house is less than a minute drive, why was the mother not called.

4. The circumstances surrounding the sudden disappearance of the CCTV footage for 11th January, 2019.

5. The identities of the school staff that made attempts to compromise the autopsy result.

6. The sudden lack of interest and will to properly investigate this matter by the police and why the plea for forgiveness/settlement

7. Over 24hours, the proprietress of the school did not call the mother or return calls after several missed calls to her and the secretary till this day.

8. As at 6th of February 2019, 25days after the passing of baby Michelle, she still received a text messages twice from britmax international school to come and pay for child resources for IDPs. Why?

9. Where is the evidence that baby Michelle was taken to the hospital in the first place or just dumped in her cot and I got to know 2:30 hours after her death.

10. Why is the proprietress resisting detention.

It is our hope that if this matter is properly investigated and possibly prosecuted, it will save the lives of other children within the same school and other schools in Nigeria.

#JUSTICEFORBABYMICHELLE#

I am a mother and I lost my baby. Other children should not have to die like mine.
Mrs Onoja.

Nursing mothers should be given adequate time to nurse the baby, 3 to 5 month after child delivery before resuming to work.
RIP!

All parents shouldn’t take their kids to nursery until they are at least 2 yrs or talking. A lot of bullying and maltreating of little kids goes on in crèches especially in a country like Nigeria hence the kid should be able to speak and report any of these negative actions against them.

So sad but from ur write up, it seems u r a stay at home mom. So why register ur baby in a creche?

jennyswtie:
So sad but from ur write up, it seems u r a stay at home mom. So why register ur baby in a creche?

Please read well and direct your question to the appropriate person.
Thank you.

darealbabe:


Please read well and direct your question to the appropriate person.
Thank you.

She made mention of the close proximity between her house and the creche severally

Advice to parents: before your register a child to a school,Find out how much they pay their staff,most of the schools underpay their staff and these staffs transfer the frustration to the innocent children in their care,frustration develops to bitterness and then maltreatment of the kids in their care,the owner of school (some ooo),are only interested in the fee you pay and nothing more.



RIP TO BABY ONOJA,MAY YOUR KILLERS KNOW NO PEACE UNTIL THEY CONFESS.

jennyswtie:


She made mention of the close proximity between her house and the creche severally

Okay, I get it now.
I previously understood that your question was directed to the poster.

the child might have been force fed or something. that's common in some yeye creches

6 months old baby should still be in your arms, you and the careless daycare just cut the poor baby’s life short.

RIP Michelle!

eyinjuege:
the child might have been force fed or something. that's common in some yeye creches

Yes, according to the result of the autopsy. She died as a result of lack of oxygen. Chocking/suffocation.

bitter teachers and nannies,I have witnessed many a time in the school I was working, the way they used to feed those kids are horrible and demonic, they will be stuffing food in their mouth and beating them ontop,when they vomit, they will still pack the food back in their mouth. poor kids immediately I got married and had a baby I said never will I leave my kid in the hands of those wicked nannies, I resigned a job that pays me 85k then to care for my kids myself. I used four years to birth two kids, 3 and two now, talking, anybody that touches them the will report to me. if you cant do the work with love resign and stop pouring your anger and frustration on innocent children. nonsense

tolanibae:
6 months old baby should still be in your arms, you and the careless daycare just cut the poor baby’s life short.

RIP Michelle!

Some of you make careless statement, what is wrong with a woman having a career. What is wrong with a mother keeping her child in a crech? Must every woman be a housewife? How are you sure that your own you are looking after won't die under your roof? Kai. Women are truly their own enemies.

Graxie:
Some of you make careless statement, what is wrong with a woman having a career. What is wrong with a mother keeping her child in a crech? Must a very woman be a housewife? How are you sure that your own you are looking after won't die under your roof? Kai. Women are truly their own enemies.

You have a very strange way of disagreeing with other people’s opinions.

I wish you peace in whatever you are going through right now dear.

Meanwhile, in as much as i can tolerate many things , i do not tolerate negativity. My child will not die either in my arms, under my roof or under any circumstances.

tolanibae:


You have a very strange way of disagreeing with other people’s opinions.

I wish you peace in whatever you are going through right now dear.

Meanwhile, in as much as i can tolerate many things , i do not tolerate negativity. My child will not die either in my arms, under my roof or under any circumstances.

read your first post and this, then compare your thought towards a fellow woman that lost her child. Stop playing the victim card, I don't have to wish you anything, but don't think because you are keeping your child under your care, you are in charge of the child breath. Only a terrible person will blame the mother of this child for keeping her child in a creche while she is working. My dear, whatever I am going through, it's not as bad as blaming a bereaved mum, for losing her child in a careless creche, only a horrible person will do that.

Graxie:
read your first post and this, then compare your thought towards a fellow woman that lost her child. Stop playing the victim card, I don't have to wish you anything, but don't think because you are keeping your child under your care, you are in charge of the child breath. Only a terrible person will blame the mother of this child for keeping her child in a creche while she is working. My dear, whatever I am going through, it's not as bad as blaming a bereaved mum, for losing her child in a careless creche, only a horrible person will do that.

Its okay dear, i get your point.

However, am only looking at things from the perspective of michelle in her loving memory. She died because of negligence, negligence of everyone involved in her daily upkeep. Am only saying everyone should share in the blame, its more than obvious that the creche or whatever they are called was responsible for the chunk part of it but her mother is also responsible for it in some ways, at 6 months, i think i was still in my mother’s arm and she’s a successful career woman.

Michelle couldn’t protect or save herself. I understand the mother’s pain and i see why she’s bent on getting justice for michelle. I pray she or anyone doesn’t have to go through this.

Graxie:
Some of you make careless statement, what is wrong with a woman having a career. What is wrong with a mother keeping her child in a crech? Must every woman be a housewife? How are you sure that your own you are looking after won't die under your roof? Kai. Women are truly their own enemies.

Clap for yourself. Please give out your six month old to strangers, in a bid to satisfy your ego.

Career my foot. I am a man, and I felt so cold when I read "six month old in creche".

A six month old with strangers ? As old as you are ; how would you cope if I placed you in a room full of strangers.
My mother has five kids, worked for 20+ years and also got a master degree.
I have 3 sisters, 1 has a masters, the other a Phd and the eldest is the first female student to graduate from the engineering department in her alma mata.

2 of these women have children and working class; none of them has ever placed a 6 month old in a bloody creche.

So you can place your "career" nonsense in same place you put the cocaine.

Are you better than Okonjo Iweala or Famfa oil or Aisha Buhari or Dolapo Osinbajo or Mo Abudu or House of Tarah.

Rubbish 100K per month career.

GrossPrice:


Clap for yourself. Please give out your six month old to strangers, in a bid to satisfy your ego.

Career my foot. I am a man, and I felt so cold when I read "six month old in creche".

A six month old with strangers ? As old as you are ; how would you cope if I placed you in a room full of strangers.
My mother has five kids, worked for 20+ years and also got a master degrees.
I have 3 sisters, 1 has a masters, the other a phd and the eldest is the first female student to graduate from her engineering department back in the day.

2 of these women have children and working class; none of them has ever placed a 6 month old in a bloody creche.

So you can place your "career" nonsense in same place you put the cocaine.

Are you better than Okonjo Iweala or Famfa oil or Aisha Buhari or Dolapo Osinbajo or Mo Abudu or House of Tarah.

Rubbish 100K per month career.

I will respond to you when you are married moreso, you don't know if is the 100k job that takes care of her family. Stop talking about okonjo and the rest, you where not there when they were raising up their kids. Those that compare themselves with themselves are not wise.

You live a stone throw from the creche yet you cant take care of a 6 months old baby??Madam you killed your own first out of negligence.Working class my foot!What happened to inviting your mother or MIL to help you out atkeast till the baby is strong enough to be in pre school?
Its very easy to just open your legs and get knocked up, But the most important thing is sacrificed at the altar of utmost laziness and ignorance.

6 months old in a creche??Sorry do people actually do that?I need to visit a creche no be sure suckling kids are kept there. Are we talking about a "motherless" baby's home here?
I'm pissed.

Graxie:
I will respond to you when you are married moreso, you don't know if is the 100k job that takes care of her family. Stop talking about okonjo and the rest, you where not there when they were raising up their kids. Those that compare themselves with themselves are not wise.

Let her choose one then; A family to take care of or a dead baby

nkwuocha:
You live a stone throw from the creche yet you cant take care of a 6 months old baby??Madam you killed your own first out of negligence.Working class my foot!What happened to inviting your mother or MIL to help you out atkeast till the baby is strong enough to be in pre school?
Its very easy to just open your legs and get knocked up, But the most important thing is sacrificed at the altar of utmost laziness and ignorance.

6 months old in a creche??Sorry do people actually do that?I need to visit a creche no be sure suckling kids are kept there. Are we talking about a "motherless" baby's home here?
I'm pissed.

2 months old babies are in the creche self. And they are surviving. Just that this happen like this. Don't blame the mum, it's not her prayer to loose her child.

comtem2011:
2 months old babies are in the creche self. And they are surviving. Just that this happen like this. Don't blame the mum, it's not her prayer to loose her child.

2 months?!? Holy child Jesus!

What’s a 6 months old baby doing in a crèche? In my former place of work, women come to work with their babies till they are matured enough for school.

nkwuocha:


2 months?!? Holy child Jesus!

I know right. Mothers now have a million and ten reasons to ship off their babies to the creche. The argument, if you dare start it with them, can never be won so every mallam with him kettle. I personally dont subscribe to creche or whatever its called. Children start school in my family at three years old, not a day less.

I pray the mother finds closure @ topic.

ifyalways:

I know right. Mothers now have a million and ten reasons to ship off their babies to the creche. The argument, if you dare start it with them, can never be won so every mallam with him kettle. I personally dont subscribe to creche or whatever its called. Children start school in my family at three years old, not a day less.

I pray the mother finds closure @ topic.

Ify, are we talking of motherless home here?Whats the difference.A 2 months child in creche to me is an orphan.

Or11:
All parents shouldn’t take their kids to nursery until they are at least 2 yrs or talking. A lot of bullying and maltreating of little kids goes on in crèches especially in a country like Nigeria hence the kid should be able to speak and report any of these negative actions against them.

You're very correct about bullying of babies since their caregivers know they can't talk. I had a bitter experience with my daughter who we enrolled in a creche. One day, I came home early like 12pm and had the urge to go to her school. Getting there, I had her crying. I asked the owner why she was crying and she immediately lied she wasn't the one. I told her if I was deaf, I would recognize my girl's voice. When she insisted, I told her I wanted to see my daughter. Reluctantly, she ordered a guy to bring my daughter. You won't believe it, they locked her up in a toilet because she pooed on herself. A year old child! I asked if I could take her home, she said no that it was only the mother who can take her. I sat there till my wife came to pick her. That was the last day she went to that creche

nkwuocha:


2 months?!? Holy child Jesus!

yes!!! I can't stop thanking my boss for the opportunity he gave me to be bringing my baby to the office.

God bless him for me.

I don't want to imagine what those kids are going through sometimes. Cos those kids are so handful and the mothers get tired sometimes talkless of strangers with other kids assigned to them.

Someone quoted how his mother reared arsenal of children in the good old days when relatives plenty for ground dey find where dey go live. A time when parents send forth their kids to live as helps in exchange for education.
Nowadays women are practically doing the childrearing all alone without helps from their husbands and families. If she opt to stay at home and take care of the kids, she will be call unprintable names. If she decides to work and support the family, she will also be blamed. She will be victimised for being useless to the husband not minding the divine role she is playing at home.
Fvck the world and whatever they will say mama Michelle...

RIP Michelle. It wasn't mummy's intention for you to go so soon. Rest on baby.

JoannaSedley:
Someone quoted how his mother reared arsenal of children in the good old days when relatives plenty for ground dey find where dey go live. A time when parents send forth their kids to live as helps in exchange for education.
Nowadays women are practically doing the childrearing all alone without helps from their husbands and families. If she opt to stay at home and take care of the kids, she will be call unprintable names. If she decides to work and support the family, she will also be blamed. She will be victimised for being useless to the husband not minding the divine role she is playing at home.
Fvck the world and whatever they will say mama Michelle...

RIP Michelle. It wasn't mummy's intention for you to go so soon. Rest on baby.

Exactly, we were 3 staying with my sister when she was rearing her kids, same thing with my elder brother. Now, all by myself doing everything for myself. And I will still go to work everyday. It's not just easy, God should help women of nowadays. Cos, so many things to do in order to support the family.