Death of school boy : Police to declare teacher wanted if …

ONDO State Police on Monday said the command would declare the teacher who sent the senior prefect of ljo Mimo High school, Temitayo Oluwole, who fell from a mango tree wanted if she failed to report at the police station.

The teacher, simply identified as Mrs Kura, was said to have taken to her heels immediately the young boy was pronounced dead at the hospital last Saturday.

The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Mr Femi Joseph, said the Command would be forced to declare Mrs Kura wanted if she did not submit herself for interrogation within the next 24 hours.

According to him, the Principal of the school, Mr Olaoye has reported and interrogated by detectives from the command but said the Physics teacher has refused to appear before the command.

Joseph said, ” We would declare the female teacher wanted if she failed to show up today to come and tell us her own side of the story.”

The school principal had volunteered a statement to us and we are yet to see the female teacher who asked the deceased to help her pluck the mangoes.

” Our detectives visited the school and if not for our timely intervention the students were about to mob the teachers.

” We succeeded in calming their frayed nerves and normalcy had returned to the school. But we are still expecting the female teacher who sent the boy to help her pluck mangoes before he died.”

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Also speaking, the State Education Commissioner, Pastor Femi Agagu confirmed that the education ministry had set representatives of relevant education agencies, associations and bodies to the deceased parents and the school.

The Commissioner who described the incident as unfortunate said the ministry would thoroughly be investigated by the ministry, saying that the government would get to the root of the incident in a bid to guide against future occurrence.

The father of the deceased Pastor Bode Adegoke said that ” as a man of God I have left everything to God.”

The Ministry of Education has taken over the matter so please speak with them.

He said the boy would be buried soon as the ministry of education is ready.

All efforts to speak with the school Principal Mr Olaoye was abortive as he was said to have been directed by the Education Ministry not to grant press interview.

The death of Temitayo was said to be the fourth after other students fell from the mysterious mango tree and died after being asked to pluck the fruits by teachers in the school.

The late Temitayo had last Saturday went for tutorials in the school and after the session was allegedly asked by the female teacher to help her pluck some mangoes.

Temitayo reportedly slipped on the mango tree, fell and hit his head on the ground and rushed to three separate hospitals before he gave up the ghost at the Trauma centre in Ondo town.