Pupil of Landmark International School, Mgbakwu, Awka North LGA of Anambra state, Henry Okonkwo, who was beaten to a coma by a teacher has died.
Gatekeepers News reports that police had earlier on Monday arrested Faith Nwonye, the 30-year-old teacher who beat the boy into a coma.
Remember that the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh invited Nwoye and the school management to explain what led to the brutalization of the child on Monday, May 20, 2024.
It was gathered that the six-year-old pupil died in the early hours of Wednesday.
Taking to her official Facebook page on Thursday, the commissioner lamented the death of the boy, saying he was a little boy like any other, with hopes and aspirations.
She posted, “He was a boy like any other, with hopes and aspirations. He went to school for a better future but met a gruesome death at the hands of the people who were supposed to help him achieve his life ambition.”
“A quack teacher in an illegal school bludgeoned him to death. We mourn a life nipped in the bud! We mourn Henry Chukwuemeka Okonkwo! We mourn and we seek justice.”
