Angry Parents and suspected thugs have unleashed a brutal attack on the Vice Principal of Complete Child Development College, Aule, Akure for not allowing a student writing WAEC exam to cheat with his handset.
Citizen Rapporteur gathered that the VP earlier attempted to arrest the parading thugs that later attacked him with men of the Nigeria Police Force who could not find them until they made to return with the complainant in the Police van.
He was later to be dragged out of the Police van and brutally beaten by the thugs who were suspected to have been contracted by the parents of the said student.
Their claim was that the disciplined VP stopped their cheating child from indulging in malpractice with a handset during the ongoing WAEC.
The mother allegedly threatened to take his life, including that of any member of the school should her child be disallowed to cheat during the forthcoming Mathematics examination which is up next week.
Below is the report of the Ondo State government’s investigation;
PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE INVESTIGATION ON THE BEATING OF A VICE PRINCIPAL OF COMPLETE CHILD DEVELOPMENT COLLEGE, AULE, AKURE.
The incident started on Monday 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 happens 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, the boys were seen loitering around the street and the proprietor was informed, he told Mr Rotifa to go to the police station to lodge complaint. He went and two policemen took him in their van to look for the boys probably for arrest. They couldn’t get them. As they were going 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.
According to the principal of the school, he has been discharged from the hospital but did not go back to his house for the fear of the boys coming back for him. 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.
Director of Schools,
Ondo State Ministry of Education
