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6—Vanguard, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2019
4th death from mango tree: Police to declare
teacher who sent him to pluck fruits wanted
•Students mobilised to mob teachers
•As Ondo govt wades in
By Dayo Johnson
AKURE—THE teacher,
who allegedly asked the
late Senior Prefect of Ijo Mimo
High School, Akure, Temitayo
Oluwole, to pluck mango from a
tree, which led to his death, has
been asked to come out of hiding
by the police.
The deceased was alleged to
have been sent to pluck the
mango by one of his teachers,
Mrs Kura, in the school after their
tutorials Saturday afternoon. .
Vanguard gathered that the
suspect whose whereabouts
How 2 JAMB
officials were
almost burnt
alive inside
LASPOTECH
ABUJA—TWO officials of
Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board, JAMB,
were nearly set ablaze inside
Lagos State Polytechnic,
LASPOTECH, yesterday.
According to Ishaq
Oloyede, JAMB registrar, the
officials were attacked at the
mock centre in the institution.
He said the two officials
would also have been set
ablaze but for the quick
intervention that saved them
from the attempted jungle
justice.
He said the reason for the
dastardly attack was yet to be
ascertained, even as the two
officials have been taken to
the hospital.
He spoke when Adamu
Adamu, Minister of
Education, visited some
computer based test, CBT,
centres in Abuja during the
mock examination.
The registrar said the attack
took place at a centre in the
Lagos State Polytechnic.
He said: “The very first sad
thing that we noticed was
that two of our staff were
almost murdered in Lagos.
“There was an attempt on
their lives at the Lagos State
Polytechnic. For whatever
reason, they were wet with
petrol and they were to be
set ablaze.
“We have sent a rescue
team and they took them to
the hospital. We are still
looking into what
happened, but we have
evacuated our staff from the
place.
“We hope that whoever
attempted that, the law
enforcement agencies will
not allow such an assault on
innocent officials of
government who went about
their normal business
remained unknown after the incident
is the Physics teacher for the Senior
Secondary 3 class in the school.
The threat to declare her wanted by
Ondo Police Command was timely as
it saved the disruption of academic
activities in the school, yesterday, as the
students mobilised to mob their teachers
over the death of their senior prefect,
which they described as unacceptable.
The death of Temitayo was said to be
the fourth after three other students
fell from the mysterious mango tree and
died after being asked to pluck the fruits
by teachers in the school.
Previous deaths, it was gathered, have
been concealed by the school authorities
from the public as they always settle
with the parents of the victims.
The late Temitayo had last Saturday
gone for tutorials in the school and after
the session was allegedly asked by the
female teacher to help her pluck some
mangoes.
Temitayo reportedly slipped on the
mango tree, fell and hit his head on
the ground and rushed to three separate
hospitals before he gave up the ghost
at Trauma centre in Ondo town.
Teacher's whereabouts
unknown
Speaking with
Vanguard in Akure, the
state police image
maker, Femi Joseph,
said the command
would declare the
suspect wanted if she
failed to show up at the
police station for
interrogation.
Joseph said the
whereabouts of the
female teacher had
remained unknown
since the incident
happened last
weekend.
He said the
Principal of the school,
Mr Olaoye, had been
quizzed after he was
invited by the state
police command.
He said; “We would declare the
female teacher wanted if she failed
to show up today (yesterday) to
tell us her own side of the story.
“The school principal had
volunteered statement to us and
we are yet to see the female
teacher who asked the deceased
to help her pluck the mangoes.
“Our detectives visited the
school and if not for our timely
intervention the
students were about
to mob the teachers.
“We succeeded in
calming their frayed
nerves and
normalcy had
returned to the
school. But we
are still
expecting the
Temitayo
female
teacher who
sent the boy
to help her
p l u c k
mangoes
before he
died.
The police
Image maker
said the father
of the deceased had written a
statement and that investigation
had commenced.
Ondo govt wades in
Reports had it that the state
government had waded into
the matter by instructing the
relevant authorities to
investigate the death of the
senior boy.
The
Education
Commissioner, Pastor Femi
Agagu, confirmed that the
Education ministry had sent
representatives of relevant
education agencies, associations
and bodies to the deceased parents
and the school.
Agagu assured that the matter
would be thoroughly investigated
by his ministry.
The commissioner, who
described the death as “an
unfortunate situation, said
government would get to the root
of the incident in a bid to guide
against future occurrence.
I've left everything to
God—Deceased's parent
The father of the deceased,
Pastor Bode Adegoke, said that “as
a man of God I have left everything
to God. The Ministry of Education
has taken over the matter so please
speak with them."
On when it was likely that the
deceased would be buried, he said
that as soon as the Ministry of
Education is ready.
Efforts to speak with the school
principal, Mr Olaoye, were
abortive as he was said to have
been directed by the Education
Ministry not to grant press
interview.
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LASG rescues mother of twins, three others from uncompleted building
By Olasunkanmi
Akoni & Monsuru
Olowoopejo
LAGOS State Government has
rescued a mother with her twins
(name withheld), along with her three
other children after delivery from an
uncompleted building in Igando axis
of the state.
The rescue was sequel to the viral
video on social media of the mother
and her children who were helpless
and in dilemma.
Commissioner for Youths and Social
Development, Agboola Dabiri, made
the remarks, yesterday, while briefing
the press in Ikeja on the rescue
mission.
Dabiri explained that after the
viral video of the mother and her
children, the ministry raced down
and rescued the mother and her
children who were unstable at the
point of arrival.
He said: “We have rescued the
mother and her five children
including the twins from an
uncompleted building. I can
assure you that they are already
stable.”
The commissioner, however,
lamented that many have taken
advantage of the issue to raise
money from residents.
“Despite rescuing the mother
and her five children including
the twins, who were in safe
custody, pictures have
continuously been circulated.
We have gotten several
messages
“The circulation of the pictures
must stop and those using the
pictures of the mother and her
children to raise money must
stop. No one should give money
as charity to anyone for the sake
of the children. They are with
us. We are not asking for any
donation. The children and their
mother are now okay.”
The woman and her children.