Junior Secondary School Student's Parent Assault, Beat Up Female Teacher

By: Awajis Josiah-Chijindu

There was a pandemonium earlier this morning at a private school in Mile 4 Port Harcourt Rivers State, when family of a Junior Secondary School one student identified as Favour allegedly flogged a female teacher, Sonia Amadi mercilessly and later invaded the school where they locked up the Admin officer, Joy Ajayi inside her office threatening to beat her up too after claiming that their child was flogged inappropriately by the teacher.

#awajisgeorgenews gathered that it took the inte

rvention of other parents to prevent the family who had physically assaulted the female teacher from beating up the Admin officer.

In an interview with Journalists, Ms Ajayi who narrated the incident, said it took the intervention of teachers and parents to prevent further attacks from the men.

Before they came to my office and locked me up, a teacher was being flogged on the road as she was coming to school,my English Teacher,by name Sonia Amadi .They flogged her seriously, she is in the office I have to tell her to calm down.The mother of the boy also slapped her as she was coming to school.

The same people who came to my office had already accosted my teacher and flogged her seriously,as she was entering the gate they followed her and matched straight to my office, she stated

When contacted, the mother of the student, dropped the call after our correspondent introduced herself as a Journalist.

The mother of the J.S.S.1 Student was yet to respond to text and whatsapp messages sent to her which from network response has been delivered to her.

Meanwhile the School Management has lodged a formal complaint at Ada George Police Division where the teacher was issued a medical form to proceed to the clinic for treatment.

In the meantime, National Coordinator Centre for Basic Rights Protection and Accountability Campaign, Prince Wiro has condemned the alleged assault on the female teacher and invasion of the school by the student’s family.

Mr. Wiro stated that the parents of the student should have reported to the Ministry of Education if they felt their child was treated inappropriately or the Police in case of physical assault rather than taking laws into their own hands.

The Rights Advocate called on the Police to ensure a thorough investigation into the incident and anybody found culpable should be made to face the law.

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