A Vice Principal of a private secondary school in Akure, Ondo State capital identified as Mr. Rotifa has been reportedly beaten to a pulp by thugs hired by the mother of a student after he put up stringent measures to prevent malpractice during the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in the college.
Eyewitnesses told journalists on Monday that the victim. who is the VP of Complete Child Development College, Aule, Akure, confiscated an Android phone from a Senior Secondary School (SSS3) student, Wisdom Elisa, which he was using to perpetrate the crime during an examination in the college.
After the exams, the student went home to report the VP to his family and his elder brother, an alumnus of the school, went to the school to harass and threaten the victim.
The Ondo State Ministry of Education also confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Monday.
The ministry promised to bolster security in the school during the remaining WASSCE papers.
The statement read:
“A preliminary report of the state government’s investigation on the assault of the Vice Principal, carried out by the Director of Schools, Ondo State Ministry of Education, stated that an android phone was discovered from the SS 3 student during the examination.
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“The incident started on May 26, when an android phone was found with one SS 3 student which is contrary to the rules and regulations of the school and Mr Rotifa, the Vice Principal of the school seized the phone from him.
“On Thursday, the mother of the student came to the school to fight with the school management so much that the proprietor of the school ordered that the phone be returned to her, which was done.
“The brother of the student, who happened to be an old student of the school, later came to the school to harass the Vice Principal and threatened to deal him.
“After school hours, some boys were seen loitering in the street, and the proprietor was informed, who told Mr. Rotifa to go to the police station to lodge a complaint.
“He went, and two policemen took him in their van to look for the boys, probably to arrest them. They couldn’t get them. On their way back to the station, the boys waylaid the police van, stopped it, brought out Mr Rotifa and beat him up. He was taken to the hospital for treatment.
“Further investigations and efforts to get the culprit are in progress. Arrangements for the safety of the staff and students of the school for period of the remaining papers in WASSCE are ongoing.”
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