Ondo Vice Principal Dragged From Police Van By Thugs Hired By Student's Mother, Beaten For Preventing WAEC Exam Malpractice | Sahara Reporters
The victim, identified as Mr. Rotifa of Complete Child Development College, Aule, Akure, was beaten and left hospitalised after confiscating an Android phone from an SS3 student, Wisdom Elisa, during an examination session.
A Vice Principal of a private secondary school in Akure, the Ondo State capital, was brutally attacked by suspected thugs allegedly hired by the mother of a student, after he prevented exam malpractice during the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
The victim, identified as Mr. Rotifa of Complete Child Development College, Aule, Akure, was beaten and left hospitalised after confiscating an Android phone from an SS3 student, Wisdom Elisa, during an examination session.
Meanwhile, the Ondo State Ministry of Education has condemned the incident and promised to bolster security in the school during the remaining WASSCE papers.
In an official statement, the Director of Schools recounted the sequence of events leading up to the assault.
“On Thursday, the student’s mother stormed the school and engaged in a heated confrontation with the management. The situation escalated to the point where the school proprietor ordered the confiscated phone to be returned,” the statement said.
However, the student’s brother, an alumnus of the school, returned to harass and threaten the Vice Principal.
It said, “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 a complaint.
“He went, and two policemen took him in their van to look for the boys, probably to arrest them.
"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 fear of the boys coming back for him. Further investigations and efforts to get the culprits are in progress.”
