Ogun Teacher in Trouble For Punishment of Student with 162 Frog Jumps, 24 Strokes of Cane, Student Dies After 10 Days in the Hospital
By:Israel Adeleke
A teacher at the Obada Grammar School in Imeko Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State, has landed in trouble over the death of a student, Monday Ariyo, who died after the teacher allegedly asked him to perform 162 frog jumps and gave him 24 strokes of the cane as punishment for speaking rudely to the teacher.
OPEN TELEVISION NAIJA (OTN) News gathered that an activist simply identified as Adetoun shared the incident on Instagram on over the weekend.
According to Adetoun, the teacher had reportedly brought a dustbin to Ariyo’s class with instructions that the students should not break the dustbin.
She narrated that Ariyo had jokingly replied to the teacher that the dustbin was bought with the students’ money, a response which was said to have infuriated the teacher.
The teacher was said to have reported to the principal who instructed that the student be punished.
Followingvthe principal’s instruction, the teacher allegedly flogged Ariyo 162 times with a cane and in the process, the student fell and collapsed.
Adetoun said further that the teacher and some staffers of the school who were at the scene delayed in taking Ariyo to the hospital for medical attention and when they did, he was dead.
However, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, while confirming the incident in a telephone conversation with PUNCH Online on Friday said the deceased was confirmed dead at the Federal Medical Centre in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital.
The Ogun Force PRO further revealed that contrary to an earlier report circulated in some forum that the students was given 162 strokes of cane, the student was actually made to perform 162 frog jumps and was beaten 24 strokes of the cane.
He was rushed to FMC Idi-Aba for medical attention and he died on Friday (October 25).
"The deceased body has been deposited at the Ayetoro mortuary for autopsy. An investigation is ongoing.” the Force PRO concluded.
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