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| Bisola Abayomi-Ojo |
A CCTV footage from a school in Lagos has revealed the shocking abuse of
a child with cerebral palsy by her physiotherapist Anthonia Bisola Abayomi-Ojo.
The child’s mother, Bukola Ayinde, revealed the incident via a post on
BellaNaija. This disturbing video has enraged a lot of Nigerians and there is
currently an online petition for the deportation of the physiotherapist
currently in the United States as a Madela Washington Fellow and also a
revocation of her licence.
According to Bukola, she trusted her physiotherapist who came highly
recommended and was well paid. However, her daughter’s school proprietress in
June 2016 showed her and her husband a video of Bisola manhandling her daughter
According to Bukola, ‘I watched my daughter as she fell down several
times hitting her head on the tiles. There were times she hit her head on the
edge of the wooden bed before falling to the ground.
Her Physiotherapist slapped her three times; the third time with her cell
phone. She left her head hanging upside for 5 minutes. She twisted my
daughter’s hands several times; at a point she sat on her hands, at another
point she tied her hands behind her head. I watched as my daughter fell from
her chair while her neck was stuck in between the space at the vertical back
rest and the flat wood used for sitting down. I watched on as this lady typed
on her phone 90% of the time only taking some time off to torture my daughter.
Did I mention that she took out time to take her selfie? Up to five times.’
The case was reported to the Police and the Medical Rehabilitation
Therapists Board but Bukola is unsatisfied with the punishment believing she
was merely given a slap on the wrist by a mere Three months withdrawal of her
practicing license, Three months work in a general hospital under supervision
without pay and to undergo a psychiatric test. Upon further investigation, she
alleges the case has gone cold at the Board and the Bisola Abayomi-Ojo is
currently on a Mandela Washington Fellowship out of the country
Bukola wants justice and wants the Medical Rehabilitation Therapists
Board to declare her unfit to work. Bukola says ‘ I was shocked beyond
words that someone I trusted with my daughter could treat her worse than an
animal. I believe that even an animal shouldn’t be treated that way.’
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