The Ogun State Government has suspended a teacher in the Obada Grammar School, Amzadjo Elijah, after a student of the school, Monday Arijo, allegedly died from complications resulting from 162 frog jumps and 24 strokes of the cane.
Naija News reported that Arijpo died after being hospitalized for ten days following his collapse due to the punishment he was made to serve.
The school principal was said to have ordered the punishment following Arijo’s comment that the school purchased a dustbin with the students’ money.
A statement shared on the Ogun state government’s X page on Sunday, disclosed that Elijah has been suspended.
According to the statement, the principal of the school who had allegedly instructed the punishment has also been queried.
The statement also noted that the government commiserated with the deceased student’s family while describing him as an exceptional learner.
The statement read, “The Ogun State Government, through the Ministry of…