Lagos, identified as Mr. Sebastine, on Tuesday beat a female student
to stupor, reports have said.
The victim, a SS1 student identified as Abigail Chidinma Enyenwa,
passedout after she was allegedly whipped by the teacher for
insubordination.
Sebastine was subsequently arrestedat the school premises the
following day by policemen from Iponri Police Station for
interrogation over the matter.
It was gathered that Abigail incurredthe wrath of her teacher when she
allegedly behaved rudely and acted contrary to his instructions during
a class session on the fateful day.
The Chemistry teacher was said to have asked all students whose
parents were not present during the school's open-day to stand on
their feet, an instruction which Abigail allegedly ignored. She
reportedly disregarded, the teacher's instruction and sat down while
others stood up.
The teacher who was infuriated called her out, and gave her some
strokes of the cane for her action.
It was reliably gathered from our source that Abigail passed-out in
the process and commotion ensued afterwards.
She regained consciousness minuteslater when some packs of sachet
water were poured on her by her classmates and her frightened teacher
who initially thought she was pretending.
The matter was said to have been reported at Iponri Police Station by
the girl's parents while Sebastine was arrested the following day.
The school Principal, Mrs Anyah however prevented the police from
taking the teacher away when they arrived at the school to effect his
arrest.
When P.M NEWS visited the school on Wednesday and Thursday, to get the
teacher's side of the story, he was not available for comments on the
two occasions.
The school principal was also said to have gone for a meeting outside
the school premises when PM News went to the school on Wednesday, and
the reporter was referred to the Vice Principal who denied knowledge
of the incident.
The principal who was around for comments the following day denied
that the incident happened in the school. "Well, as a civil servant,
am not obliged to speak to the media. Besides, I don't understand what
youare talking about. No teacher beats a student to stupor here," Mrs.
Anyah said.
A student who does not want his name mentioned and who claimed to be
Abigail's friend, said, "I'm not inher class and wasn't in school when
it happened. But I heard the story. I asked her and she told me what
happened.
"She said she stood up when the teacher asked them to do so but
wasputting her hands around her waist. She told me that she did not
answer him when he asked why she's not standing properly and the
teacher in anger descended on her," he said.
Another student who is Abigail's classmate and was in class when the
incident happened, said: "she behaved rudely to the teacher. She was
behaving as if Mr Sebastine was her boyfriend while he was talking to
her. He only gave her four strokes of the cane and she passed out.
"Initially he thought she was pretending but when she didn't stand up,
he became frightened and asked us to go and buy some packs of pure
water which we poured on her. I guess she wasn't feeling alrightthat
day or something was wrong with her.
"Mr Sebastine cannot beat somebodyto stupor. He's not that wicked.
Besides, we do receive more than sixstrokes of the cane from him and
wenever fainted for once," he said.
When asked if it was true that the teacher has been suspended, he
said:"he was in school on Wednesday before the police came to arrest
him. They came with an arrest warrant but the principal prevented them
from taking him away.
"I have not seen him afterwards but I guess he's among the teachers
who are currently undergoing training. I think that was why he wasnot
in school today(Thursday)," he said.
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