This is even as it has withdrawn itself from investigating the alleged sexual abuse. 

In a statement by the Commissioner for Information , Ini Ememobong , on Thursday , the state government explained that it had received the report of a concurrent investigation of the same matter by the police and therefore decided to withdraw and allow the police to carry on with the investigation. 

However, the government said that it was committed to the determination of the truth on the matter and appealed to the public to exercise patience for a thorough investigation to be carried out. 

The statement titled , 'Deeper High School Investigation : No cause for alarm ', read in part , " Governor Udom Emmanuel had last week directed the Commissioner for Education , Enobong Mbobo , to investigate a complaint of neglect , starvation and molestation by a parent against the management , staff and some students of the Deeper Life High School , Uyo. 

" The commissioner immediately swung into action by visiting the parents and the child , who is the subject of the alleged infractions.

" She consequently invited the parents , the boy , the school management , the accused students with their parents and named witnesses to the Ministry of Education for a fact- finding meeting .

" While the investigation was on going , the Attorney -General of the state notified the Commissioner for Education of the concurrent investigation of the same matter by the police and the interest of several international organisations like the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Trafficking, the Mirabel Centre , FIDA Akwa Ibom, and the Sexual and Gender -based Violence Response Unit of the Ministry of Justice , Akwa Ibom State , among others. 

" It was therefore advisable for the Commissioner for Education to hands off the investigation and allow the police force , which is the proper government agency to handle allegations of crime , to take over .
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The state government is committed to the revelation of the truth of the circumstances and is determined to prosecute anybody found culpable of any wrongdoing. 

" At no time did the Commissioner for Education or any staff of the state government harass or intimidate the parents or the affected student, or anybody connected to the matter."