Another Sad Story: 12-Year-Old Boy Vomits And Dies After Being Flogged By Teacher For Not Doing His Homework

Emmanuel Amidu, a 12-year-old child, is said to have died after being flogged by his instructor for failing to complete his schoolwork.

A junior secondary school student from Simple Faith Schools in Agbara, Lagos State, died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital in Surulere, according to reports.

Akinola Amidu, the deceased’s father, said that the teacher flogged his son on May 12th, 2022. He claimed that his youngster began vomiting shortly after the teacher flogged him.

Emmanuel was transported to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital in Surulere, where he succumbed to his injuries. According to the father, following the tragedy, the school’s administration sought to cover up the occurrence, alleging to the authorities that the boy died from vomiting.

According to Akinola:

“I was at home that Thursday because I was on leave. I recall that Emmanuel asked me for money to buy a new exercise book and I gave him N500 to buy the book and give the remaining change to his sister.

Later that day, I was called by the management of the school that Emmanuel was vomiting. Meanwhile, this was a boy who left home without any health issues. I had to go to the school and we moved him to a hospital. I later learnt that the whole thing started after their class teacher, Mr. Steven, be@t the whole of his class for not completing their mathematics assignment.

Emmanuel was actually using my phone torchlight to do his assignment a day before, but I had to collect the phone from him and his sister because I needed to be in contact with the office. We had issues with our electricity at home. It was at LUTH that I lost my son. Meanwhile, the management of the school quickly ran to the Morogbo Police Station at Agbara to report that my son died from vomiting.

How can somebody just die from vomiting if nothing triggers it? The management of the school is trying to protect the teacher.”