In Delta State, a secondary school teacher was allegedly flogged to death by the parent of one of his students.
The Nigeria Police Force’s State Command announced on Thursday that it has detained one Nnajiofor Nweke in connection with the killing of a teacher at Alihame Mixed Secondary School in Agbor.
According to reports, the suspect stormed the school grounds and began yelling at instructors for disciplining his son for supposed stealing. According to the police complaint, the suspect’s kid was penalised by the teachers, along with other students, for allegedly stealing two kegs of palm wine from a shop.
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Angry with the instructors’ actions, the suspect allegedly attacked the school with a cane and flogged the teachers on duty before one of them slumped and died.
DSP Bright Edafe, the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, verified the occurrence in a statement via his official X Twitter on Thursday, attributing it to poor parenting.
The statement reads, “On 18th October 2023, the suspect Nnajiofor Nweke, a father of one student (name withheld) at Alihame Mixed Secondary School Agbor, on the said date, his son, alongside some other students, went to a palm wine shop and allegedly stole two kegs of palm wine.
“The matter was reported to the school authorities, and the students were flogged. The suspect came to the school in protest with a cane and started flogging teachers in the school. One of the teachers slumped and died.
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“The suspect is currently in SCID undergoing investigation for a suspected case of murder. See what I am always talking about today.”
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