12-year-old Students vomits And dies after he was allegedly flogged by his instructor over homework

A 12-year-old scholar, Emmanuel Amidu dies after he was flogged by a teacher in class for not ending his activity on Thursday, May 12, 2022.

Emmanuel Amidu, a junior scholar of Simple Faith Schools, Agbara, Lagos State, died on the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Surulere.

The sufferer’s father, Akinola Amidu, claimed that the 12-year-old JSS2 scholar was flogged by a teacher in class for not ending his activity on Thursday, May 12, 2022.

He talked about his son started vomiting shortly after the beating and was rushed to a hospital, the place he gave up the ghost on Friday, May 13, 2022.

The father alleged that the school administration was overlaying up his son’s demise and defending the arithmetic teacher, one Steven, who flogged Emmanuel and the rest of the class for failing to do their homework, Punch experiences.

He talked about: “I used to be at house that Thursday as a result of I used to be on depart. I recall that Emmanuel requested me for cash to purchase a brand new train e book and I gave him N500 to purchase the e book and provides the remaining change to his sister.

“Later that day, I used to be referred to as by the administration of the college that Emmanuel was vomiting. Meanwhile, this was a boy who left house with none well being concern. I needed to go to the college and we moved him to a hospital.

“I later learnt that the entire thing began after their class trainer, Mr Steven, beat the entire of his class for not finishing their arithmetic project.

“Emmanuel was truly utilizing my cellphone torchlight to do his project a day earlier than, however I needed to acquire the cellphone from him and his sister as a result of I wanted to keep up a correspondence with the workplace. We had points with our electrical energy at house.

“It was at LUTH that I misplaced my son. Meanwhile, the administration of the college shortly ran to the Morogbo Police Station at Agbara to report that my son died from vomiting.

“How can somebody just die from vomiting if nothing triggers it? The management of the school is trying to protect the teacher.”

Akinola, 45, demanded the arrest and prosecution of the trainer, as he urged the state authorities and the police to current the family justice.

Emmanuel’s 13-year-old sister, Rachael, knowledgeable the publication that her brother vomited after he was overwhelmed.

She talked about: “I used to be referred to as by our English trainer that my brother was not feeling high quality and he didn’t eat and had been sleeping.

“His friend told me that they were beaten for not doing their sums in mathematics and after that he was just sleeping and vomiting.”

The school Principal, Adetayo Akanji, knowledgeable Punch: “I used to be there when Emmanuel died on Friday and it was unlucky that it occurred this fashion. Yes, Steven flogged the entire class for not doing their sums, however not with the intention to harm them.

“Some hours after that, he (Emmanuel) positioned his head on his desk and he began vomiting, after which water was poured on his head.

“When he started to vomit, the proprietor called me and we took the boy to the hospital. In fact, the father joined us when he was taken to LUTH where he and I were running around to get prescribed drugs for him. But before we came back, he had given up. Our school reported the matter at the Morogbo Police Station.”

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