A
secondary school teacher, Sunday Adeshina, has been thrown into Kirikiri prison
in Lagos State after he reportedly flogged a female student until she started
bleeding.
Adeshina
was said to have flogged a 14-year-old SS3 student identified as Onyinye
Nwakaeme, on the head when she could not give a correct answer to questions he
asked her during a class.
Onyinye,
a student of Great Esteem Private Secondary School in Ijeshatedo area of Lagos
state told newsmen, “We were taking Economics class that day and I was busy
copying note. I had just returned from my father’s burial. Being behind
schedule, I used every available time to copy my notes because I had a lot to
write.
“The
teacher saw me and called me out with some people, claiming that we were making
noise and asked us to explain what he had been teaching. I didn’t get the
question right because I was really not paying attention to him. Out of anger,
he started flogging me.
“He
flogged me to the point that I was bleeding on my head and he didn’t stop. Even
when the proprietor asked him to stop, he was fierce and wanted to flog me
more.”
The
student was said to have returned to the school the next day with her siblings
who wanted to find out the true state of things in the school, but did not find
Adeshina.
The
girl’s family reported the case at Ago police station for necessary actions to
be taken since the teacher could not be located all day.
Onyinye
added, “I got home and reported to my parents about the inhumane treatment he
gave me in the school and some of my older siblings went to school with me to
address the issue. On getting there, he was absent from the school till the day
was over.
“We
decided to report at Ago police station to take necessary measures and arrest
him because the school was unapologetic. They spoke rudely to my family and
asked us to go to any length whatsoever to fight them.”
The
school management reportedly suspended the student indefinitely, after the
incident, a decision which the family is yet to come to terms with.
The
girl’s family have demanded a reinstatement of the girl but the school owner,
Pastor Rotimi Olu Joseph, has vehemently opposed it, claiming that Onyinye’s
family stormed the school premises with thugs.
According
to him, “We gave the girl suspension because it shows that she is not fit to be
in the same environment with us. If they can take laws into their hands, then
their ward has no place in the school.
“Except
they write to the school that she will be of good conduct, she will not be
reinstated.”
Adeshina,
while reacting to the allegations refused to accept the blame but rather
insisted that it remains his obligation as a teacher to correct erring students
by beating or punishing them.
The
teacher was charged to court for assault and was granted bail in the sum of
N70,000.
He
was transferred to Kirikiri prisons pending the time he would meet up with his
bail conditions.
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