Students of IMG Secondary School, Oke Ado, Ibadan, on Wednesday, went on
rampage following the death of one of their colleagues allegedly flogged to death by a teacher, Tribune gathered.
The student reportedly slumped and gave up the ghost as a result of the severe punishment from a teacher for arriving late to school.Invaluable properties of the school were destroyed by the students who took to protest before the members of Nigerian police force came to rescue the situation.
The identity of the deceased could not be ascertained as at press time while
policemen had cordoned off the area.
An eye witnesses who claimed anonymity said “trouble started when the student arrived school after classes had commenced for the day, he reportedly told the teacher he came late due to illness.” “At that point,” the eye witness added, “the principal, who was passing by asked the teacher the cause of the discussion.”
The principal allegedly ordered the teacher to flog the student for coming late and in the process of the flogging, the student slumped. “All our efforts to save the student proved abortive,’’ the eyewitness added.
No fewer than 10 fully armed policemen were seen on surveillance at the premises of the school with three of their vehicles parked near the school gates.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Oyo State Police Command, Adekunle Ajisebutu said the Police is investigating the matter and promised to get back.
Most of the school furniture-chairs and tables, cabinets were destroyed by the
protesting students and files, registers scattered around. Windows and doors of
the staff room were also vandalized.
Teachers and administrative workers of the school were no where to be found as they took to their heels immediately the students started the protest.
flogs student to death?OMG!
awwww....so sad!
ReplyDeleteThe student died on the teachers neck. It wasn't the flogging that killed him. Rip
DeleteRip to the dead. Why flog a sick person??? All this Pako schools tho
DeleteThe teacher should be jailed.
DeleteCouldn't he just tell the student to kneel down or give him or her two strokes?
Hmmmmmmmm
DeleteSame thing almost happened to me back in secondary sch. I was ill and I told the teacher even my classmates told him but he went ahead to flog me the only thing I remember when I woke up at the sick bay was him raising his hand to flog me after some strokes I fainted. Teachers should know when not to use the rod to kill the child
DeleteOmggggggg
DeleteIf flogging could kill a child then I would have been long dead by now. Not after the severe flogging I received in high school from military men. The flogging was out of their world. So basically, it's not unusual to see teachers flog their students in Nigeria. This particular one just went bad, but he shouldn't have flogged him after he said that he was sick. But no one will want to hear it's a norm to flog becos a life was lost. Unfortunately the teacher will be scapegoated.. very sad
DeleteA teacher?
ReplyDeleteSad.
This is so..I don't know...unfortunate. Am so shocked beyond words. Rip to the dead.
ReplyDeleteO sweet Jesus!
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Na wa.
ReplyDeleteThis is also due to lack of teacher/students relation which is lacking totally in the Nigerian schools.
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God.. What a tragedy.... Rip..... #NowPlaying>> ije love: psquare.....
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He wasn't flogged to death, he was already sick! Rip to d dead chaii
ReplyDeleteThat's why you shouldn't flog a sick person. He WAS flogged to death. If you subtract the flogging from the equation, the student would still be alive today or at least be alive for longer than he did but the flogging accelarated things and cut his life shorter. That teacher should be jailed along with the principal who ordered the flogging! These senseless cows should learn how to treat people the right way. Politician are getting power drunk over the masses, so are teachers over voiceless, defenseless students. They'll be shouting that the government is maltreating them while they're busy maltreating other people's children. Nonesense!
DeleteDevil had already signed this one for death, he only used the teacher to achieve it. God please don't allow someone that was destined to die at a particular time come and die in my hand.
ReplyDeleteI really don't blame the teacher, some of these students can be mischievous, they bring up diff lies as excuses wen they are wrong. The teacher must have thought he was lying. Hmmmm, RIP to the dead
Jus negodu...
ReplyDeleteFlash back to Mrs Alonge back den in St leo's private schl who flogged a pupil until d cane broke n pierced d boy's eyes. No see drama 4 school dat day wen d family of d boy com.
#monsterTeacher
OMG....I remember that day.!
DeleteMrs Alonge the maths teacher from hell!!
Chai.... Some teachers are not fit for prisoners talk more of children.
OMG....I remember that day.!
DeleteMrs Alonge the maths teacher from hell!!
Chai.... Some teachers are not fit for prisoners talk more of children.
Why are teachers so mean?? Are they frustrated or depressed? Why would u flog someone until he/she dies? No conscience. The teachers needs to be flogged too.
ReplyDeleteAaaaahhhhhh!!! Lobatan.
ReplyDeleteJesus!!!
ReplyDeleteThese are not students am seeing there. they look like agbero boys fighting for leadership.
ReplyDeleteRIP to the dead boy. Hope your parents will find closure to your death.
Ndi Akwukwu, Olona, Ezi na ebe ndi ozo anokwa eba?
ReplyDeleteMy mum is from akwukwu.....
DeleteMy mum is from akwukwu.....
DeleteThey didnt even bother to investigate if the student was truly sick before meting put punishment, and must it be flogging? The teacher no get sense ni? Now they have killed the student, they are in for serious trouble there. Principal ga ezere onu nke ya now.
ReplyDeleteInvestigate kwa? Did u pass thru secondary school at all? Who does dat?
DeleteVery bad! I used to be a pple-oriented teacher back then. I'd rather punish u & u'll beg me to flog u instead.
ReplyDelete"Oya write I won't come to school late on Thursday again" on 100 pages. Hmmmn! Nobody go tell u to come early next time.
However, when calm is restored & school resumes, which furniture dem go use na. Which is why I fault always the destruction of properties during protests. Why not hold the teachers hostage in their staff room. The principal as well. Till their demands are met. Hahahahaha!
I don too watch oyibo films!!!
Ghanaman signing out!!!
Ghana man,no be that kine school up there ooh@your type of punishment. See the "men" rioting na.
DeleteSo unfortunate that this teacher refused to believe a genuinely sick person.
You are talking furniture here? I bet the school would rather their building be burnt down than have a student die on their neck. This is a serious matter o. Furniture can be replaced u know.
DeleteLord have Mercy, dts how one stupid Rev Sister wanted to kill me with cane during my skl days, wicked people everywhere. Rip to the dead.
ReplyDeleteThis flogging of students should stop. I remember when in school, i receive cane well well. That time things were ok in the country.
ReplyDeleteNow most students dont eat in the night before going to bed. Most parents cannot provide 3 square meals for families again. This country is really hard. Sorry for the pains the parent will be going through.
2bad,who knows d health condition of d student.nawaooooo so sad
ReplyDeleteOmg!
ReplyDeleteVery sad news.
Imagine the stupid teacher flogging the student mercilessly as if the student is the causer of her life...
ReplyDeleteAm sure the teacher is a female and an aunty gwegwegwe too...
Most teachers in Nigeria public schools are mad and frustrated...
Lol@ "mad and frustrated"!!! You are right, it's a barbaric practice that has outlived it's usefulness.. when I was in secondary school, flogging was the default punishment for any wrongdoing. In the western world, the teacher would be jailed and would never come near a classroom for flogging a child, talk less of flogging to the point of death.
DeleteIf the child was ill, the flogging probably didn't cause the death, but it definitely contributed. Besides the parents of the child will never agree that the flogging is not what caused the death!
Stupid and backward Culture of flogging children in schools! It should be stamped out. There are other ways to discipline a child in school, ways which have been proven to work.
There is still corporal punishment in schools?
ReplyDeleteSo upon all our debate as to why corporal punishment must be abolished them no hear?
And to think the boy even said he was ill,yet they went ahead and flogged him to death.
I was a rebel with a cause in high school,you dare not flog me.the teachers were scared of me cos I'd always lecture them on the ills of flogging students.
My then principal had a western education,and she didnt believe in spanking children.but the teachers would always still flog students,knowing that no one will have the liver to go and report to the principal.
Their reign of terror ended with me.
My name still resonates and reverberates in that school..
Oh the poor boy's mother!
Imagine her grief at losing her sick child.
That school has to be closed down.
May the boys soul rest in perfect peace.
So they haven't stopped flogging students in schools...They must fish out the teacher & Principal o..they must pay! Rip to the dead boy
ReplyDeleteGiving a student punishment is still better,I no pity that teacher at all.
ReplyDeleteOh my God! The teacher has bought serious trouble. Chei!
ReplyDeleteThey would av confirm first if d student was ill b4 punishment na!
ReplyDeleteSo even after the student told them she/he was ill, they went ahead to flog her/him without bothering to find out if she/he needed medical attention. Heartless people!
ReplyDeleteMy Goodness!!! Wicked teacher, had I known comes at last. Auntie nsi na aruu
ReplyDeleteEven when the student said he was Ill?
DeleteThat teacher is from the pit of hell.
Omg! Thank God I didnt die due to brutal flogging by my heartless teachers way back in school. St. Monica's college ogbunike was hell. Mr. Nkwankwo and Mr. Emenari una well done, it took mevyrs to clear the map of Africa you both decorated on my body with your painful strokes.
ReplyDeleteSis how far now? Upper or down hostel? I rep Warner house, 2003 set. Long live SMC. God bless Lady Ezigbo
DeleteYea sis! Upper hostel, Penwarden house core, 2002 set. Long live SMC, long live Lady Ezigbo, the woman that moulded the women!!!
Deletevery good that the school properties were destroyed....the principal and the teacher should face jail to serve as a deterrent to others.....while i advocate punishement for students flogging is a no no.....discipline is not only by bodily punishement....if a child says they are sick give them the benefit of doubt and call the parents to confirm...there are so many ways of punishing a child
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ReplyDeleteHmmmm.
When d devil comes knocking...
ReplyDeleteA student said he arrived late due to illness yet u still gat to flog him? Could have sent him back home nah.
Nawao
He/She came 2 school late becuz of sickness & d only word dt d overall head could say is flog, hope it will not b swept under d carpet? RIP 2 d dead!
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That teacher must face the consequences of his or her action. What rubbish na
ReplyDeleteNaija teachers! Now d teachers re on d run! But a simple consideration would av saved d situation.
ReplyDeleteThe student said he was ill, they won't listen but decided to flog him. because of their callous heart
ReplyDeleteWhy will you beat someone that is allegedly sick? Some people are just frustrated..
ReplyDeleteThe video of the police man that went viral some days ago, the man just shoved the student come do WW3 join, read that he has been fired yesterday..
You come flog student till he/she died?
Jail awaits you Anumanu!
Stella, please do a topic let's hear views of parents/or non- parents on the topic: Should teachers flog their students or would they permit teachers flogging their kids?
Thank You
You call what that officer did as "just shoved"?? Omo that was a real combat o. I could even hear the sound as he yanked that girl to the ground. How can a young female student over power a huge officer, so much that he needed to use that kind of force to arrest her? He's a fool
DeleteLmao. Dunno why this is funny to me but wait!!! The principal ordered the teacher to flog the student? So who killed the student? The principal(orderer) or the teacher(flogger)?
ReplyDeleteThey are accomplice to the murder
DeleteChoi! Corporal punishment gone wrong!
ReplyDeleteSome teachers can be so wicked hennn! flogging and punishing students like they are thieves. mtchewww. RIP to the deceased.
ReplyDeleteI will kill the teacher and principal with my bare hands
ReplyDeleteOMG! Wicked teacher and heartless principal, after telling you he was sick, you went ahead to flog him to death. RIP poor student, let the law take it's course on your killers.
ReplyDeleteI.M.G ,not far from the school where my mumsy was teaching...very sad.na so one man living not far from our house flogged one girl to death in d 90s.immediately d case was dismissed,he travelled abroad
ReplyDeleteThat principal must be a witch/wizard!! Ordering a teacher to flog a sick student? I smh for naija public schools!
ReplyDeleteThat principal must be a witch/wizard!! Ordering a teacher to flog a sick student? I smh for naija public schools!
ReplyDeleteHehehe, see as u use ur hand kill ursef bcoz u wan flog. person no well u con kuku killam join. Rip student, teacher na u sabi, trouble dey sleep u con go wake am, so face d wahala
ReplyDeleteA student said he/she was sick, the teacher went ahead to flog the student? What the heck is wrong wt these teachers? Flogging can sweet them like dts the only punishment to mete out to defaulting students. RIP to the child that teacher must be punished. 9ja teachers shaa flogging student since 1920
ReplyDeleteI wonder the extent at which the student was caned to lead to death...RIP to the dead
ReplyDeleteVery sad
ReplyDeleteSome teachers are very wicked n mean esp those frustrated n bitter ones. They flog students as if they are animals. There are other forms of punishment. I nor pity the teacher at all. RIP to the dead.
ReplyDeleteThe teacher should be jailed.
ReplyDeleteCouldn't the teacher just ask the student to kneel down or something? Or could have just given the student two strokes.....
This is extremely sad.
ReplyDeleteThe day mr. okoro flogged me in st mary's ajangbadi.....i saw stars of differents colours.
I couldny usee that hand for days.The very sight of him sent shivers to me.
HE IS LATE NOW....so i cant speak ill of the dead.
Too bad, the principal should have taken time to find out if the boy is truly sick, see what they have brought upon theirselves, and I hope this will serve as a lesson to other teachers too.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm.... not all children are strong oooo.
ReplyDeleteCostly mistake and I guess she will never in her life flog again
School na hospital though unfortunate he died. Let parents play their God given role. Why release your child to go to school while ill. Are teachers doctors who Diagnose? The assumption is that only healthy students are expected to be in school. Parents are failing
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