Ogun State Government, through the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, has suspended the teacher who punished Monday Ariyo, an SS2 student of Obada Grammar School, Obada, Idi-emi.
Ariyo died on Friday, October 25 at the Federal Medical Center, Abeokuta, after a teacher allegedly flogged him and asked him to perform 162 frog jumps.
The teacher was reported to have taken a trash can to Ariyo’s class and told the pupils not to break it, but the deceased replied the teacher, saying the dustbin was bought with the students’ money.
Ariyo who was flogged and punished because of his response.
Following the incident, the state government in a post on its X handle on Sunday, October 27 said the teacher has been arrested and the Principal of the school, Tamrat Onaolapo, queried for allowing corporal punishment to be used on the pupil against the established rules and regulations in the state.
The post added that a letter of condolence signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry was sent to the bereaved family, commiserating with them on the sudden death of their loving son and promising to get justice for the family.
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