Parents and suspected thugs have attacked and brutalized the Vice Principal of Complete Child Development College Aule, Akure for not allowing a student writing WAEC exam to cheat with his handset.
It was gathered that the VP was brutally beaten by thugs paid by the parent of a student from the above school for disallowing his child to cheat with a handset during this ongoing WAEC.
The mother has allegedly threatened to kill him and any member of the school authority if her child is not allowed to cheat during the forthcoming mathematics examination, which is up next week.
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 in the street and the proprietor was informed who 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.
