Tragedy has gripped Alihami Mixed Secondary School in Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area, Delta State, as academic activities grind to a halt following the alleged fatal assault of a teacher, Mr. Sunday Ufuah, by a parent.
The distressing incident took place on a fateful Wednesday following allegations that some students had breached the school’s boundaries by scaling its fence to steal palmwine from a nearby shop.
“Some of the students went to steal palmwine at a shop at the back of the school. When the school authority was alerted to the development, the boys were identified and disciplinary action was taken against them,” revealed an anonymous source.
The source continued,
“One of the boys, a JSS 1 student, returned home and told his father that he had been flogged by the teacher.”
In response to his son’s claim, the parent, identified as Mr. Nweke, stormed the school in a fit of anger armed with a cane, and he began to assault and beat some of the teachers.
Tragically, Mr. Ufuah, a Physics teacher at the school, collapsed and lost his life during this altercation. He passed away even before reaching Agbor General Hospital.
In response to this appalling incident, the school’s teachers staged a protest on the following day to express their grief and outrage at the loss of their colleague.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the State Command, Mr. Bright Edafe, confirmed the incident and stated, “The suspect is in custody, and the investigation is ongoing.”
Meanwhile, Mrs. Rose Ezewu, the State Commissioner for Secondary Education, has strongly condemned the attack, describing it as an excessive act by an irresponsible parent. She expressed the state government’s commitment to ensuring justice for Mr. Sunday Ufuah’s family.
Ezewu stated, “The Ministry of Secondary Education feels your pains in this moment of grief over the passing of your colleague, who was a calm, intelligent, and dedicated teacher known for his positive impact on society.”
“I share more in your grief because Mr Ufuah was one of us in the teaching profession. How irresponsibility has so degenerated in our society to the extent that parents now invade schools to assault their children’s teachers for correcting them calls for concern.
“Whoever does not want their children to be taught good morals should keep them at home. Having been a committed teacher who died while carrying out his duty, his children are hereby given scholarship which will cover their secondary education”
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Will scholarship console the children?no!
Justice must prevail….that irresponsible father must be punished for his crime
He who kills by gun must also be killed by a gun