Couple Mobilize Thugs To Attack School Teacher
A couple, Mr Oyedele Nutai and Mrs Elizabeth Joseph, are cooling their feet in police net for allegedly mobilizing thugs to attack a secondary school teacher, Abel Thomas, in Ogun State.
The couple, who were arrested by men of the state police command yesterday (Tuesday), for unlawfully invading Toyon High School Ere Village, Ado Odo in Ado Odo Ota Local Government Area with thugs to attack the teacher.
According to release by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, Mr and Mrs Joseph attacked Thomas for having the effrontery to beat their son, Joshua Joseph, an SS3 student of the school.
DSP Oyeyemi stated in the release, AZ:5310/OGS/PRO/VOL.7/69/19/01/2022, that the suspects were arrested following a distress call received from the school.
He said policemen from Ado Odo Divisional Headquarters effected the arrest of the suspects, acting on the information that parents of one of their students are in the school with thugs and have beaten and injured one of the teachers.
The PPRO said, upon the distress call, the DPO Ado Odo, SP Arowojeun Michael, quickly led his men to the school where the couple were arrested while their other accomplices escaped.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the teacher Abel Thomas, moderately corrected a SS3 student of the school, by name Joshua Joseph, who then went home to inform his parents that he was beaten by the teacher.
“Having heard from their son, the parents, who felt that the teacher has no right to beat their son for any reason, mobilized some thugs and stormed the school, he said.
Oyeyemi further said: “On getting to the school, they descended heavily on the teacher, beat and injured him.
“They also damaged the back screen of a Toyota Corolla with registration number LSD 395 FV belonging to another teacher of the school, Jolayemi Sunday. The injured teacher had been taken to hospital for medical treatment.”
The Ogun Police image-maker said the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole, has ordered that the thugs who accompanied the couple to attack the school should be hunted for and brought to justice.
“The Commissioner of Police also directed that the arrested couple should be charged to court without delay,” Oyeyemi stated in the release.
