A
secondary school teacher is cooling his head at the Kirikiri prisons
after what he did to a female student of the school went public.
Onyinye Nwakaeme was assaulted by the teacher
A secondary school teacher, Sunday Adeshina, has been thrown into
Kirikiri prison in Lagos State. The teacher was thrown into prison for
repeatedly flogging a female student until she started bleeding.
The incident happened at the Great Esteem Private Secondary school
in Ijeshatedo area of Lagos state. While narrating the incident, the
14-year-old SS3 student identified as Onyinye Nwakaeme, said the teacher
attacked her on the head when she could not give a correct answer to
questions he asked her during a class.
“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.” she said.
After seeing the degree of injury their daughter suffered in the
hands of the teacher, the parents of the girl reported the matter to the
Ago police station.
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 student was suspended indefinitely by the school management
over the incident as they threatened the girl's parents to go to do
their worse.
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.
“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.” Joseph said.
However, the teacher claimed he was punishing the student for her
mistakes. 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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