Ogun: Students Assault Teacher for Stopping Cheating During Examination

James Sowole in Abeokuta

For allegedly “disturbing” one of them from cheating during the just concluded Unified Promotion Examination for secondary school students in Ogun State, a gang of 10 students, have reportedly waylaid and assaulted a teacher, Kolawole Shonuga.

Findings revealed that the incident occurred last Tuesday, at Isanbi Comprehensive High School, Ilisan-Remo, Ikenne Local Government Area of the state.
It was gathered that Shonuga while invigilating the unified examination for the SS 1 Art class students, caught one Ashimi Adebanjo, 18 years, cheating and seized his paper.

After school hours, the student with his peers, waylaid the teacher and beat him up at the school’s gate.
According to a source, while one of students, Kazeem Adelaja allegedly hit a stick on Shonuga’s head, others were beating him.
It was gathered that police personnel from the Remo Division later pounced on the students and arrested 10 of them.
The police spokesman, Omotola Odutola, confirmed the incident, saying Shonuga had made a formal report on the alleged assault at Remo Police Division.
Odutola also confirmed the arrest of 10 suspects.

Reacting to the incident, the State Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS), Felix Agbesanwa, frowned at the incident and insisted that the students must face the wrath of the law to serve as a deterrent.
He said, “The incident is true and I have been briefed. Our stand is that any student who raises his hand against his teacher should face the wrath of the law. There is no going back on that.

“No student must raise their hands against any teacher, whether Ogun Teach teachers or permanent teachers, a teacher is a teacher.
“They must be made to face the law to serve as a deterrent. I learnt they have been charged to court already.”
The state government has also condemned the act and vowed that it would not condone acts of indiscipline by learners across the state.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, gave the warning in Abeokuta, while receiving the new Executive of the Mathematical Association of Nigeria (MAN).

He noted that part of the efforts put in place was the signing of Undertaking Forms by learners, parents and school heads to make learners and parents liable for any misconduct of the learners or parents alike, saying the aim was to have a safe learning environment free from the pandemonium of any sort.
“I’m using this opportunity to advise parents to talk to their children, they should warn them, because we won’t tolerate any indiscipline from any child. Any student that misbehaves in school will be dealt with appropriately,” he said.