My Son Died After He Was Flogged By Teacher – Parent
A Junior Secondary School two (JSS 2) pupil of Simple Faith Schools, Agbara, Lagos State, Emmanuel Amidu, was reportedly dead after punished by the class teacher.
It was alleged that Amidu died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Surulere, after the teacher flogged him for failure to complete his mathematics assignment.
According to the victim’s father, Akinola Amidu, the deseased who was 12-year-old had no health issue as he left for school on May 12, 2022.
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He said, “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.
“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 issue. I had to go to the school and we moved him to a hospital.
Akinola who demanded arrest and prosecution of the teacher explained that his some started vomiting a few hours after he was flogged by the teacher.
He lamented that the school management hurriedly ran to the nearest police station to report that his child has died of vomiting, against the whole thing that began after beating his child.
“I later learnt 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, but 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 our 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.
“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.
“Some hours after that, he (Emmanuel) placed his head on his desk and he started vomiting, after which water was poured on his head,” he said.