A student of the Obada Grammar School in Imeko Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State, Monday Ariyo, has died after a teacher allegedly asked him to perform 162 frog jumps and beaten him 24 times with a cane for breaking a dustbin.
An activist identified as Adetoun shared the incident on Instagram on Friday.
According to Adetoun, the teacher had reportedly brought a dustbin to Ariyo’s class with instructions that the students should not break the dustbin.
She narrated that Ariyo had jokingly replied to the teacher that the dustbin was bought with the students’ money, a response which was said to have infuriated the teacher.
The teacher was said to have reported to the principal who instructed that the student be punished.
Acting on the principal’s instruction, the teacher allegedly flogged Ariyo 162 times with a cane and in the process, the student fell and collapsed.
Adetoun said further that the teacher and some staffers of the school who were at the scene delayed in taking Ariyo to the hospital for medical attention and when they did, he was dead.
The spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, while confirming the incident in a telephone conversation with PUNCH Online on Friday said the deceased was confirmed dead at the Federal Medical Centre in Abeokuta, the state capital.
She said contrary to reports of being beaten 162 with a cane, Ariyo was made to perform 162 frog jumps and was beaten 24 strokes of the cane.
She said, “The incident happened on October 15, 2024. The deceased was asked to do 162 frog jumps and was given 24 strokes of the cane. He was rushed to FMC Idi-Aba for medical attention and he died today (October 25). The deceased body has been deposited at the Ayetoro mortuary for autopsy. An investigation is ongoing.”
