Delta pupil dies after being glogged in school
A teacher at Ekiugbo Grammar School in Ughelli North Local
Government Area of Delta State, has been accused of flogging a Junior Secondary
School (JSS) student identified as Kelvin Ogheneogaga, who later died at a
hospital.
The incident led to a
protest on February 26 in which the teacher was attacked by angry students. The
principal's office was also destroyed by the students who also pelted a police
van with stones.
An eyewitness who
spoke to The Nation, revealed that the teacher continued beating the late
student even after he complained of being sick over a leg injury.
He said;
“We were begging the teacher not to flog
him because Kelvin was not too fine but the teacher refused. Kelvin had an
injury in his leg before he was flogged; we do not know if the flogging was
what led to his death.”
A senior police
officer attached to Ughelli Area Command also confirmed the incident, he said;
“There was protest by students of Ekiugbo
Grammar School, Ekiugbo, in Ughelli over the death of one Kelvin Ogheneogaga,
who was said to have been flogged to death by a teacher.
”The teacher had
on February 26, 2020 flogged the student for misconduct, after which it was
reported that the student on getting home developed complications and was
rushed to Ughelli Central Hospital by his family where he died.
“When the news of
his death got to the school, it led to a protest by the students who destroyed the school’s vehicles belonging to
the principal and teachers.”
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