[GIST] Teacher flogs 12-year-old student to death in Anambra state

A 12-year-old student 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.
Haven't they banned corporal punishment in Nigerian
schools? Why are some teachers still flogging? WTH?
Please continue...

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.

Source: News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)