has been arrested for tying students to crosses and
flogging them for coming late
- A policeman had witnessed the outrageous act and
stopped to caution the principal, but was beaten up in
the process
- The principal, proprietor and another teacher were
eventually arrested, and have been taken to the State
Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department
The proprietor of Metorite Standard School,
Ayetoro, Ogun, Afolayan Joseph, was arrested by
the state’s police command, on Wednesday, May
16, for allegedly tying up two pupils of the school
to ‘crosses’ and flogging them with a horsewhip.
Afolayan, together with the school’s principal,
who is yet to be identified, allegedly tied up the
students because they came late to school, Punch
reports.
alearn that a policeman, identified only
as Livinus, was also beaten up after he had
cautioned the men against such action.
The policeman, assisted by other residents,
eventually succeeded in effecting the arrest of
the suspects, who were then taken to the Itele
Police Station.
Narrating the incident, the policeman stated: “I
was going to work this morning (Wednesday) when I saw
some cars parked by the roadside. I discovered that it was
because of some pupils that were tied to crosses.
“When I saw it, I parked and went to meet the proprietor of
the school. I introduced myself as a policeman and told him
to untie the pupils. He refused, saying there was nothing
anybody could tell him that would make him to release
them.
“When I tried to untie the pupils, the proprietor and his
teachers beat me up. Before I returned from picking
handcuffs from my car, they had grabbed a friend who was
with me, Omaje Iremi, and beaten him up with a horsewhip.
“I entered the school – with the help of some neighbours
who gathered around – to arrest him, but he refused to
follow me. I then called the divisional police officer of the
Itele Police Station and he sent some policemen to the
school, who took everybody to the station.”
A female student also received similar treatment (Photo
credit: Punch)
The aforementioned DPO reportedly stated that
the proprietor did not take kindly to the fact that
the policeman had attempted to correct him.
The arrest of the principal, proprietor and
another teacher at the school, was confirmed by
the state police public relations officer, ASP
Abimbola Oyeyemi.
He stated: “They have been arrested and will be taken to
the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence
Department. The act is no longer a corrective measure; it is
a barbaric act and it will not be allowed in this 21st
century.”
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Recall that NAIJ.com previously reported that
violence erupted in Ibadan, following allegations
that a secondary school principal flogged his
student to death .
The turbulence began when a head teacher
allegedly flogged a student to death at IMG
secondary school, Oke Ado, Ibadan.
According to an eyewitness, the student was
flogged for arriving at school after classes had
begun for the day.
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