THE physics teacher of Ijo Mimo High School, Akure, the Ondo State capital, Mrs Kura, who allegedly sent the head boy of the school, Temidayo Oluwole, to pluck mangoes has submitted herself to the police.
The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Femi Joseph, who disclosed this to Tribune Online on Tuesday, said the physics teacher had reported at the police station for interrogation.
He, however, said that the matter had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigative Department (SCID) of the command, adding that the teacher may be charged to court over the incident.
According to him, “She has shown up at the station late last night and the Commissioner of Police has directed that the case should be transferred to the state CID.
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“The teacher was supposed to be the guardian of the students in the schools and shouldn’t have sent the boy on such a risky errand.
“This is the reason she is more culpable, her negligence caused what happened to the boy and that is a dereliction of duty, we will do justice to the best of our ability.”
Tribune Online noticed that all the trees on the school premises had been cut down, including the mango tree from which the deceased fell down, during a visit to the school.
All efforts to speak with the principal of the school was not successful as he was said to be out of the school while all the teachers declined to speak on the incident.
Meanwhile, the father of the deceased, Pastor Bode Adegoke, seemed to have resigned to fate, saying he had left everything to God on the matter.
He stated that the state ministry of education had agreed to take over the burial of the deceased.
Oluwole, who was until his death, was the head boy of Ijo Mimo High School, Akure, was said to be preparing for his Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination, died as a result of complications after falling from a mango tree on the premises of the school last Saturday.
It was gathered that one of the teachers of the school, identified as Mrs Kura, allegedly sent the deceased to go and pluck mango for her after a tutorial class.