A man has reportedly beaten a teacher to death for flogging his son who allegedly stole two kegs of palm wine.
It was gathered that the incident happened at Alihame Mixed Secondary School, Agbor, Delta State.
Confirming this, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Delta State, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this on Thursday, adding that the incident happened on Wednesday.
DSP Edafe blamed bad parenting for the cause, narrating that the suspect’s son was beaten for stealing two kegs of palm wine in the company of the father.
The statement posted on X read, ‘’On 18th October 2023, the suspect Nnajiofor Nweke, a father of one student (name withheld) at Alihame Mixed secondary School Agbor, on the said date, his son alongside some other students went to a palm wine shop and allegedly stole two kegs of palm wine.
“The matter was reported to the school authorities and the students were flogged. The suspect came to the school in protest, with a cane, and started flogging teachers in the school. One of the teachers slumped and died.
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“The suspect is currently in SCID undergoing investigation for a suspected case of murder. See what I am always talking about today parenting. Now him don buy market.”
In another development, goods reportedly worth millions of naira were destroyed during a fire outbreak at Watt, a popular market in Calabar, Cross River.
The fire, which was said to have started around 2:00 am on Thursday, affected no fewer than six shops in the market.
Mrs Olumayowa Olomola, Commanding Officer, Calabar Command, Federal Fire Service, who confirmed the incident, said that the fire was caused by a power surge in one of the shopping malls in the market.
Olomola, who could not give an estimate of the the value of the goods destroyed, however said that the affected shops were well stocked.
She noted that but for the timely intervention by her team, the fire would have affected more shops.
Olomola said, “Our response was timely and we could only prevent the fire from spreading beyond the six affected shops.
“My advice is that we should always adopt preventive measures by ensuring we put off all appliances to avoid incidents like this.”