According to Crime Reports, the female corper
disciplined about six students, among whom was
one Esther Oyeleke, a 14-year-old girl in JSS1. The
corper reportedly gave the six students two strokes
of cane each on January 24 for playing during
teaching period and for not responding when she
asked their colleagues to call them.
Surprisingly, the parents of the girl brought her back
to the school on January 27 and said the hand on
which she was beaten was swollen. With the belief
that two strokes of cane could not cause such an
injury, the parents were advised to take the girl to
the hospital for medical treatment.
From a swollen hand, the girl’s condition
deteriorated so much that by January 30, her entire
body became swollen, according to information
gathered by Crime Reports, and it was then she was
taken to one Osoko Maternity Hospital where she
was confirmed dead.
Her death reportedly led to a mini protest as the
girl’s relations went to the school to disrupt
academic activities. When the case was reported at
Moniya Division, it was immediately transferred to
the State CID for investigations.
In an interview with Crime Reports, the youth corps
member, an indigene of a town in Oke Ogun area of
Oyo State and a 2012 graduate of a polytechnic,
said she believed she was not responsible for the
girl’s death and should not be made to suffer
unjustly. According to the Office Technology and
Management graduate:
“I am one of the corpers deployed to Akingbile
Oluana Memorial School, Moniya. I was teaching
JSS1 students Basic Science.
On January 24, the students went to play outside
the class and I told some of their colleagues to go
and call them so that I could mark the attendance
for the day. I could not speak loud then because I
lost my voice. Some of them responded to my call
while others did not. Because of this, I gave the
disobedient ones two strokes of cane each on their
palms in the classroom.
On January 27, one of them, a female, was brought
to the school and I was told that her hand was
swollen. I said it could not be because of the caning,
as there was even no mark on her palm. As her
teacher, I asked her colleagues whether they knew
her residence so that I could go and greet her but
they said they did not.
On January 30, the principal called me and said that
she learnt that the entire body of the girl was
swollen. Her family was said to have brought some
people who disrupted the activities of the school.
The principal said she enquired whether she had
been taken to the hospital but the family members
replied in the negative. She asked that she should
be taken to the hospital.
I was at a meeting of youth corps members when I
was called that we should go and pay the girl a visit
in the hospital. By the time we got to the hospital,
one of the teachers came to me and said she learnt
that the student was dead.
On January 1, I went to our coordinator at the local
government council before going to the state
council of the NYSC to report what happened. I was
brought to the State CID by the coordinators and I
have been in detention since then.
I am surprised because she was not the only that I
gave two strokes of cane. What I know is that
whatever is hidden from man is clear before God
Almighty. I believe that it was not the strokes of
cane that caused the girl’s death. I know I have
done nothing wrong and it would not be good to
make an innocent person suffer unjustly.”
The police spokesperson in Oyo State, Olabisi
Okuwobi-Ilobanafor confirmed the story, when
contacted, stating that detectives were still
investigating the story. She said that the corpse of
the deceased girl had been deposited at the State
Hospital, Adeoyo, Ibadan for autopsy.
disciplined about six students, among whom was
one Esther Oyeleke, a 14-year-old girl in JSS1. The
corper reportedly gave the six students two strokes
of cane each on January 24 for playing during
teaching period and for not responding when she
asked their colleagues to call them.
Surprisingly, the parents of the girl brought her back
to the school on January 27 and said the hand on
which she was beaten was swollen. With the belief
that two strokes of cane could not cause such an
injury, the parents were advised to take the girl to
the hospital for medical treatment.
From a swollen hand, the girl’s condition
deteriorated so much that by January 30, her entire
body became swollen, according to information
gathered by Crime Reports, and it was then she was
taken to one Osoko Maternity Hospital where she
was confirmed dead.
Her death reportedly led to a mini protest as the
girl’s relations went to the school to disrupt
academic activities. When the case was reported at
Moniya Division, it was immediately transferred to
the State CID for investigations.
In an interview with Crime Reports, the youth corps
member, an indigene of a town in Oke Ogun area of
Oyo State and a 2012 graduate of a polytechnic,
said she believed she was not responsible for the
girl’s death and should not be made to suffer
unjustly. According to the Office Technology and
Management graduate:
“I am one of the corpers deployed to Akingbile
Oluana Memorial School, Moniya. I was teaching
JSS1 students Basic Science.
On January 24, the students went to play outside
the class and I told some of their colleagues to go
and call them so that I could mark the attendance
for the day. I could not speak loud then because I
lost my voice. Some of them responded to my call
while others did not. Because of this, I gave the
disobedient ones two strokes of cane each on their
palms in the classroom.
On January 27, one of them, a female, was brought
to the school and I was told that her hand was
swollen. I said it could not be because of the caning,
as there was even no mark on her palm. As her
teacher, I asked her colleagues whether they knew
her residence so that I could go and greet her but
they said they did not.
On January 30, the principal called me and said that
she learnt that the entire body of the girl was
swollen. Her family was said to have brought some
people who disrupted the activities of the school.
The principal said she enquired whether she had
been taken to the hospital but the family members
replied in the negative. She asked that she should
be taken to the hospital.
I was at a meeting of youth corps members when I
was called that we should go and pay the girl a visit
in the hospital. By the time we got to the hospital,
one of the teachers came to me and said she learnt
that the student was dead.
On January 1, I went to our coordinator at the local
government council before going to the state
council of the NYSC to report what happened. I was
brought to the State CID by the coordinators and I
have been in detention since then.
I am surprised because she was not the only that I
gave two strokes of cane. What I know is that
whatever is hidden from man is clear before God
Almighty. I believe that it was not the strokes of
cane that caused the girl’s death. I know I have
done nothing wrong and it would not be good to
make an innocent person suffer unjustly.”
The police spokesperson in Oyo State, Olabisi
Okuwobi-Ilobanafor confirmed the story, when
contacted, stating that detectives were still
investigating the story. She said that the corpse of
the deceased girl had been deposited at the State
Hospital, Adeoyo, Ibadan for autopsy.
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