Teacher Sent To Jail In Lagos For Flogging Student So Much She Bled

A secondary school teacher, Sunday Adeshina, is languishing in Kirikiri prison, Lagos, after he reportedly flogged a female student until she started bleeding.

Adeshina was said to have flogged a 14-year-old SS3 student identified as Onyinye Nwakaeme, on the head when she could not give a correct answer to questions he asked her during a class.

Onyinye, a student of Great Esteem Private Secondary School in Ijeshatedo area of Lagos state said, “We were taking Economics class that day and I was busy copying note. I had just returned from my father’s burial. Being behind schedule, I used every available time to copy my notes because I had a lot to write.

“The teacher saw me and called me out with some people, claiming that we were making noise and asked us to explain what he had been teaching. I didn’t get the question right because I was really not paying attention to him. Out of anger, he started flogging me.

“He flogged me to the point that I was bleeding on my head and he didn’t stop. Even when the proprietor asked him to stop, he was fierce and wanted to flog me more.”

The student was said to have returned to the school the next day with her siblings who wanted to find out the true state of things in the school, but did not find Adeshina.

The girl’s family reported the case at Ago police station for necessary actions to be taken since the teacher could not be located all day.