A school teacher has been arrested in Nigeria for allegedly flogging a 19-month-old pupil to death, police says.
The teacher at a nursery and primary school in Asaba, Delta State, was alleged to have left several marks on the toddler’s body after flogging him last Monday.
The suspect, who is thought to be the son of the owner of the private school, allegedly started beating the pupil after he caught him playing with water.
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He has not been reported to have commented on the incident.
The pupil was said to have fallen ill after the incident and was taken to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Asaba where he eventually died.
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Police spokesman DSP Dafe Bright told BBC Pidgin that the suspect would be charged for murder and manslaughter.
These cases seem to be on the increase in recent times.
Two weeks ago, the Police in Kano also arrested two suspects, Abdulmalik Mohammed and Hashim Isyaku for allegedly flogging, abducting and killing a five-year-old girl, Hanifa Abubakar.
A similar incident happened in Kenya the same week, where a student was flogged for eating five chapatis instead of one which had been allocated by the school.
Source: BBC