The Ogun State police command has confirmed the arrest of a student-teacher, Adeola Adeyemo, for allegedly injuring and causing an 11-year-old pupil to lose her right eye.
The victim, Alao Idera, is a primary six student of Owiwi Nursery and Primary School in the Obada Oko, area of the State.
It was reported that the teacher is a 400-level student of the OGUN state-owned Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu Ode, undergoing her teaching practice programme at the school.
The police public relations officer, Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the incident, said Adeyemo was allegedly holding a cane in the classroom when the primary six pupils rushed toward her, with the cane accidentally piercing her right eye.
She stated that the pupil was rushed to the federal medical centre in Abeokuta, the state capital where the wounded eye was surgically removed.
“The child was immediately taken to the Federal Medical Centre in Abeokuta for treatment. Following this complaint, the teacher, Adeola Adeyemo, a 400-level student from Tai Solarin University in Ijebu Ode who was in teaching practice, was swiftly arrested and is currently being interrogated” she said.
She, however, clarified that the teacher did not flog the student, nor did the student do anything wrong.
“It was simply a situation where the teacher, preparing for an end-of-year party, was holding a cane, as teachers often do.
“However, when the student rushed toward her, the cane accidentally caused injury to the student’s eye. The 11-year and old primary six student underwent surgery at the Federal Medical Centre, where her right eye was removed.”
“After realizing that the student’s right eye had been removed, the teacher attempted suicide but was quickly rushed to the hospital where she is currently stable,” she concluded.
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