It Is A Ritual Act, Sympathizers Allege
Angry youths have destroyed the “unregistered”, school Arise and Shine Nursery and Primary School, where a 1-year-old baby Obinna, was allegedly flogged to death in Camp 74, Oshimili north local government area of Delta State.
Miffed by the act of the son of Mrs Ogbo, the proprietress of the school, sympathizers who could not bear the pains and reality of the incident went to the school and shattered it’s windows and doors.
It was reported that the baby, was given 31 strokes of cane for playing with water and getting wet.
The mother of the victim had said that the act was perpetrated by the school owner and her son, who tied the hands and legs of the baby before flogging him into a coma.
The woman and her son, who were initially in police custody but released due to agreement with the victim’s family, have been rearrested on Saturday after the baby died.
Omejalile condemned the act, calling on the Ministry of Education’s Quality Assurance Department to rise up to its task of evaluating and monitoring the activities of school owners.
He said, “With a heavy heart, we wish to inform the house that the one year seven months old baby finally gave up the ghost this morning.
Meanwhile the proprietress’ family are still going about looking for who to bribe without considering what had happened to the minor.
“Now I agree that Nigeria is the worst place on earth to raise children. Imagine having unqualified persons to operate schools, employing unqualified teachers in the system.
“Our government should stop propagating and postulating laws that protects some sets of people and enabling monsters to operate mushroom schools.
“This is what you get when those that claim they know, suddenly turn deaf, blind and dumb to reality rather choosing to follow the path of jamborees and sycophancy.
“This is the time to roll out the big stick by evaluating the so called private schools across Nigeria by the Ministry of Education’s Quality Assurance Department.
“This is too much to bear, our government should make children their priority instead of making them guinea pigs in the laboratory of unqualified school operators” he said.
Meanwhile, some people have alleged that the heinous act was that of a ritual attempt while other alleged that the proprietress son maybe under the influence of drugs.
They are alleged further that it could be the way he was asked to carry out the act as the deceased was allegedly tied hands and foot before he was flogged.
