A 12-year-old identified as Emmanuel Amidu has died after being flogged by his teacher over homework.
Gatekeepers News reports that the deceased who was a JSS 2 student of Simple Faith Schools, Agbara, Lagos state, Southwest Nigeria, died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH).
It was gathered that the Mathematics teacher, Mr. Steven, had flogged the whole class for not doing their homework on May 12, 2022 and the deceased started vomiting hours after being beaten. He was rushed to the hospital where he gave up the ghost.
The boy’s father, Akinola Amidu alleged that the school management was protecting the accused Mathematics teacher, demanding his arrest.
“I was at home that Thursday because I was on leave. I recall that Emmanuel asked me for money to buy a new exercise book and I gave him N500 to buy the book and give the remaining change to his sister,” he told Punch News.
“Later that day, I was called by the management of the school that Emmanuel was vomiting. Meanwhile, this was a boy who left home without any health issues. I had to go to the school and we moved him to a hospital.
“I later learned that the whole thing started after their class teacher, Mr. Steven, beat the whole of his class for not completing their mathematics assignment.
“Emmanuel was actually using my phone torchlight to do his assignment a day before. I had to collect the phone from him and his sister because I needed to be in contact with the office. We had issues with electricity at home.
“It was at LUTH that I lost my son. Meanwhile, the management of the school quickly ran to the Morogbo Police Station at Agbara to report that my son died from vomiting.
“How can somebody just die from vomiting if nothing triggers it? The management of the school is trying to protect the teacher.”
The school principal, Adetayo Akanji was quoted as describing it as unfortunate.
“I was there when Emannuel died on Friday and it was unfortunate that it happened this way. Yes, Steven flogged the whole class for not doing their sums, but not with the intention to hurt them,” he said.
“Some hours after that, he (Emmanuel) placed his head on his desk and he started vomiting, after which water was poured on his head.
“When he started to vomit, the proprietor called me and we took the boy to the hospital. In fact, the father joined us when he was taken to LUTH where he and I were running around to get prescribed drugs for him.
“But before we came back, he had given up. Our school reported the matter at the Morogbo Police Station.”
