Secondary school students beat up their teacher in Ogun State

Tamarauemi Ebimini

The police have arrested ten senior secondary school students in Ogun State for allegedly beating up their teacher, Kolawole Shonuga, for stopping one of them from cheating in an examination.

The incident occurred on Tuesday at Isanbi Comprehensive High School, Ilisan-Remo, in Ikenne Local Government Area of the state.

Newsmen learnt that Mr Shonuga while invigilating the unified examination for the Senior Secondary School (SS1) Art class, caught one Ashimi Adebanjo cheating and seized his paper.

Angered by this development, Master Adebanjo allegedly mobilised his gang to waylay the teacher at the school gate and beat him severely.

One of the suspected hooligans, Kazeem Adelaja, allegedly used a stick on Mr Shonuga while they also tore his clothes.

The matter was reported to the police by the victim, after which officers arrested the ten students.

The police spokesperson in the state, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the arrests.

She said the students were arrested after Mr Shonuga reported a case of alleged assault at the Remo Police Division.

Ms Odutola, however, refused to say whether or not the students have been arraigned in court.

The chairperson of the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS) in the state, Felix Agbesanwa, condemned the incident.

In a related development, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Science and Technology, Abayomi Arigbabu, has condemned indiscipline in public schools.

Mr Arigbabu vowed that acts of indiscipline by students would not be condoned in the state.

He gave this warning in Abeokuta while receiving the new Executive of the Mathematical Association of Nigeria (MAN).