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The Borno government has ordered a probe into the shocking incident in which the throat of an 11 year-old pupil, Jubril Sadi Mato a.k.a Ramadan was slit by his senior.
The commissioner for education ordered the probe on Friday.
The five-man committee is headed by Alhaji Saddiq Kadafur, ministerial secretary in the education ministry.
Other members are Hajiya Hadiza Nasir Waliare and representatives of the the police, DSS, NSCDC.
The almost slain 11 year-old pupil is a pre-Junior Student of Elkanemi College of Islamic Theology in Maiduguri.
He was attacked by an SS2 student, now identified as Umar Goni on 16 January.
It was gathered that Goni slit Ramadan’s throat because he refused to run an errand for him.
According to a report by NAN, Goni used a razor blade to severely cut Ramadan’s neck, injuring most of his arteries nerves and trichea.
He left him for dead, as Ramadan bled.
Ramadan reportedly struggled and took himself to the Principal’s Office, before he finally broke down and became unconscious.
He was rushed to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) and has been at the Intensive Care Unit(ICU) of the hospital.
His attacker Umar Goni has been arrested by the police.
