It was alleged that the teacher was beaten because he disciplined one of his pupils. In the video, the angry father is seen slapping and punching the teacher for beating his child without his consent.
A viral video on X (formerly Twitter) has shown the moment a parent assaulted a teacher of a private school, Rosebud School in Idimu, Lagos State.
It was alleged that the teacher was beaten because he disciplined one of his pupils. In the video, the angry father is seen slapping and punching the teacher for beating his child without his consent.
An X user, Alex Onyia who shared the video on his page said, “This is a video of a parent at Rosebud School Idimu, Lagos beating up a teacher in front of students and even threatening to beat up the school owner.
“I know teachers in Nigeria earn peanuts but any injustice against them is completely not allowed. Police over to you!”
When contacted, Lagos State Police Spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, said he has seen the viral video but added that the police will not intervene unless the victim makes an official complaint.
He said: “We have seen the video but except the person that was assaulted made a complaint, no investigation will commence.”
In October 2023, a similar incident happened in Delta when Sunday Onyisi Ufah, a teacher with Alihami Secondary School at Agbor in the Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State, was flogged to death by an aggrieved parent.
A source told SaharaReporters that the drama started after certain students of the school allegedly scaled the school fence to steal and drink an old man’s palm wine. The old man subsequently reported the theft to the school management.
“The students were immediately identified and then flogged as part of a disciplinary measure.
“One of the students informed his father. After school, he then made several threatening calls to the late teacher. The parent later showed up at the school. After a long argument, the parent flogged the late teacher, who in the process slumped.
“The teacher gave up the ghost before they got him to Agbor Central Hospital,” the source said.
The late Ufah was described as a Christian, physics teacher and a child evangelist for decades, mentoring and leading children to Christ.
The Delta State Police Command spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed the incident to SaharaReporters, said the father of the student was arrested.
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