{"id":141259,"date":"2024-12-04T09:35:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T08:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/teacher-attempts-suicide-as-ogun-pupil-loses-eye-to-classroom-accident"},"modified":"2024-12-04T10:40:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T09:40:27","slug":"teacher-attempts-suicide-as-ogun-pupil-loses-eye-to-classroom-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/teacher-attempts-suicide-as-ogun-pupil-loses-eye-to-classroom-accident","title":{"rendered":"Teacher attempts suicide as Ogun pupil loses eye to classroom accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Ogun State police command says it has arrested a student-teacher for allegedly injuring and causing an 11-year-old pupil to lose her right eye.<\/p>\n<p>The victim, Alao Idera, is a primary six student of Owiwi Nursery and Primary School in Obada Oko area of the State.<\/p>\n<p>The teacher, Adeola Adeyemo, is a 400-level student of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu Ode, undergoing her teaching practice programme at the school.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that in October, Monday Arijo, an SS2 student of Obada Grammar school in Obada, Idi-emi, area of the state died after a teacher identified as Azamdjo Elijah, allegedly flogged him 24 strokes of the cane and asked him to perform 162 frog jumps.<\/p>\n<p>Following the incident, the teacher was arrested and the school shut down by the state government.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the incident to DAILY POST on Tuesday, the police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola said Adeyemo was allegedly holding a cane in the classroom when the primary six pupil rushed toward her and the cane accidentally pierced her right eye.<\/p>\n<p>Odutola stated that the victim\u2019s wounded eye was surgically removed after being sent to the Federal Medical Centre in Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>She stated, \u201cThe child was immediately taken to the Federal Medical Centre in Abeokuta for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing this complaint, the teacher, Adeola Adeyemo, a 400-level student from Tai Solarin University in Ijebu Ode who was on teaching practice, was swiftly arrested and is currently being interrogated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Odutola clarified that unlike Arijo, the teacher did not flog the student nor did the student do anything wrong,<\/p>\n<p>She said, \u201cit was simply a situation where the teacher, preparing for an end-of-year party, was holding a cane, as teachers often do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, when the student rushed toward her, the cane accidentally caused injury to the student\u2019s eye.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 11-year-old primary six student underwent surgery at the Federal Medical Centre, where her right eye was removed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Odutola, after realizing that the student\u2019s right eye had been removed, the teacher attempted suicide but was quickly rushed to the hospital where she is currently stable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Ogun State police command says it has arrested a student-teacher 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 Obada Oko area of the State. 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