Kaduna Police Command has arrested the Principal and Vice Principal of Al-Azhar School in Zaria, Kaduna State for their alleged involvement in corporal punishment, which left Marwanu Nuhu Sambo, a JSS3 student dead.According to report, Sambo was allegedly brutally beaten by the Principal, Vice Principal and prefects of the school over absenteeism from school.Hassan stated, “Police is fully aware of the incident and we are in control of the situation.
Sambo, it was learnt, was paraded on the assembly for missing classes, and whipped over a hundred strokes of the cane. “The Principal later handed him over to the school prefects who continued beating him with sticks until one of his teeth fell off. It was at that point that the deceased went into coma.
“Cries from other students in the school who watched in trepidation reportedly attracted other teachers who rushed to the scene where they found out that the boy has given up the ghost.”Era of planning with bandits over in Abuja, Rivers lawmaker blasts GumiBut the school management, in a statement explained the punishment carried out was not part of its policy while the officers that imposed “the irresponsible punishment did it without consultation.