By Kingsley Omonobi
The Nigerian Navy has dismissed reports that it detained a 12-year-old student of the Nigeria Navy Secondary School, Kuje, in Abuja over alleged comments made by her mother on the school’s PTA WhatsApp platform.
Some media reports had claimed that Aamanee Adebiyi-King, an SS1 Science student, was held in the school’s Naval Police office after her mother disagreed with a naval officer on the group chat.
The girl’s father said the issue began when his wife questioned the proposed PTA constitution, describing it as “putting parents into slavery,” and raised concerns about her daughter being forced to take 13 subjects, despite only being able to handle nine in the WAEC exam.
According to him, a naval officer later sent private messages to his wife and summoned her to the school. The family was reportedly informed that their daughter had been taken into custody and placed in the Naval Police office pending their arrival.
Reacting to the allegations, the Director of Naval Information, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, dismissed the claims as false.
“This is completely false. No child was detained at any time,” he said. “The student was simply asked to go and invite her parents to the school, which is a normal procedure when clarification is needed. The parents did not come. As we speak, the student and her parents are at home. Please beware of false narratives.”
He further noted that Nigerian Navy schools have consistently provided quality and affordable education to thousands of families, producing many well-educated Nigerians.
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