EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Kaduna State Government through the state’s Schools Quality Assurance Authority has shut down the Al-Azhar Academy, Zaria, following the death of a student.
This news medium gathered that a student, Marwan Nuhu Sambo, was severely punished for absenteeism, leading to his death.
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Marwanu Nuhu Sambo, a JSS3 student of the school, died on Friday, 20th October 2023, allegedly after being brutally beaten by the Principal, Vice Principal and prefects of the school.
It was gathered that the Principal and his Vice paraded Sambo in front of the Assembly for missing classes. He was there and then subjected to merciless punishments including over a hundred strokes of the cane.
One of Marwanu’s classmates was quoted as saying “At the assembly, the Principal ordered that Marwanu should be given 105 strokes of cane. Thereafter, they took him to the office, removed his clothes and trousers and continued beating him”.
“The Principal later handed him over to the school prefects who continued beating him with sticks until one of his teeth fell off. It was at that point that the deceased went into coma.
“But instead of rushing him to the hospital, the prefects brought him out and dumped his body in the school premises near the male toilets until the closing time.
“Cries from other students in the school who watched in tripedation reportedly attracted other teachers who rushed to the scene where they found out that the boy has given up the ghost”.
The school management quickly rushed him to a private hospital in an attempt to cover up the incident”.
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It was also alleged that the Management of the school did not inform the parents of the student until rumors got to them that their child was brutally beaten in school and had been rushed to the hospital.
On their arrival to the hospital, the parents were told by the doctor that the child had already died before he was brought in. The Doctor confirmed that the boy sustained several injuries from the cruel and savage punishment by the management of the school that led to his death.
Reacting to the incident, the Kaduna State Schools Quality Assurance Authority ordered the closure of the school pending the outcome of the investigation into the student’s death.
The principal and a staff member of the school have also been detained by the police over the incident.
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“The state government, under the leadership of His Excellency, Governor Uba Sani, wishes to assure the general public of its firm resolve to ensure a conducive learning environment, equity and justice.
”Against this backdrop, members of the general public are urged to remain calm and law abiding while the investigation is carried out for justice to be served accordingly,” the statement read.
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