A 12-year-old pupil of a secondary school in
Awka, Anambra State, Miss Chidimma Ukachukwu, has died after she was allegedly
flogged by her teacher for failing to do her homework.
A reliable source in the school told the News
Agency of Nigeria in Awka on Tuesday that the girl died on Thursday last
week after she was flogged.
The source explained that the girl fainted after
being flogged severally by a female teacher and was subsequently rushed to an
undisclosed hospital, where she died.
The source also told NAN that the Commissioner
for Education, Mrs. Uju Okeke, then ordered the closure of the school as a
result of the incident.
A NAN correspondent, who visited the girl’s
family home, soon after she was buried on Tuesday in Awka, reports that the
family was in grief.
The girl’s father, Mr. Simeon Ukachukwu,
confirmed the incident, saying it was a sad development. He added that it was
an act of God.
But when Okeke was contacted, she denied ordering
the closure of the school and said that the school was on midterm break.
NAN investigation, however, revealed that schools
in the state were not on midterm break.
This fact was corroborated by an official of the
Nigerian Union of Teachers in Akwa South Local Government Area.
The Chairperson of the union in the local
government, Miss Buife Ndigwe, told NAN that primary and secondary schools in
the state would go on midterm break next week.
When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of
the state police command, Mr. Ralph Uzoigwe, said that the matter had not been
reported to the police, but promised that it would be investigated.
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