Parent Flogs Secondary School Teacher To Death Over Palm Wine Theft

A secondary school teacher has been reportedly flogged to death in Delta State by a parent of one of his students.

The State Command of the Nigeria Police Force revealed in a statement on Thursday that it arrested one Nnajiofor Nweke over the death of a teacher in Alihame Mixed Secondary School, Agbor.

It was gathered that the suspect had stormed the school premises and began to flog teachers for punishing his son over alleged theft. According to the police report, the suspect’s son, alongside other students, was punished by the teachers for allegedly stealing two kegs of palm wine from a shop.

Angered by the teachers’ action, the suspect reportedly stormed the school with a cane and flogged the teachers on duty before one of them slumped and died.

The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed the incident in a statement via his official X handle on Thursday, attributed the incident, which occurred on Wednesday, to poor parenting.

The statement reads, “On 18th October 2023, the suspect Nnajiofor Nweke, a father of one student (name withheld) at Alihame Mixed Secondary School Agbor, on the said date, his son, alongside some other students, went to a palm wine shop and allegedly stole two kegs of palm wine.

“The matter was reported to the school authorities, and the students were flogged. The suspect came to the school in protest with a cane and started flogging teachers in the school. One of the teachers slumped and died.

“The suspect is currently in SCID undergoing investigation for a suspected case of murder. See what I am always talking about today.”