Abuja school suspends pupil after father assaults teacher, nursing mom

The proprietor of an Abuja school, which was invaded by an outraged begetter who assaulted a nursing parent and a teacher for disciplining his child, has reacted to the incident.

The Guardian had reported that pandemonium broke retired past week astatine Aces Nursery, Primary, and Secondary School, Area 2, Garki, Abuja erstwhile an outraged begetter invaded the instauration and assaulted a nursing parent and teacher for disciplining his child.

The incident, which sent shockwaves done the school, took spot connected Tuesday, May 29, 2024.

Recalling her ordeal, the teacher, Sekinat Adedeji, said she was holding her three-month-old babe erstwhile her pupil’s father, Muhammad Jimeta, assaulted her.

According to her, she teaches the pistillate pupil, Karima Muhammad Jimeta, successful Basic Three.

“It happened astir 12:30 p.m. connected May 29, 2024, erstwhile I utilized a ruler connected her limb arsenic she and others were disturbing and were asked to kneel down.

Adedeji added that the pupil (Kairma) “gave maine ‘wanka’,” an abusive connection pronounced arsenic ‘uwarka’ successful Hausa, virtually meaning ‘Your Mother’. It is utilized by stretching retired one’s 5 fingers towards a person.

Adedeji continued, “The begetter slapped maine 4 times adjacent to 4 p.m. due to the fact that the schoolhouse closes astatine 3 pm. His girl reported what happened astatine 12:30 p.m. to him astatine the adjacent of schoolhouse erstwhile helium came to prime her up.

“The kid is not superior with her studies and insults teachers who travel to the class.”

Another genitor who witnessed the incident, Magdalene Ukuedojor, alleged that the pistillate pupil has a wont of insulting everyone, stressing that the begetter had nary justification to laic hands connected a nursing parent and the teacher of his child.

In a swift reaction, the pupil’s father, Muhammad Jimeta, accused the teacher of bullying his daughter.

Jimeta, who said helium is simply a elder national and retired arsenic a teacher with implicit 2 decades of experience, accused the teacher of giving his kid corporal punishment for committing a insignificant offense.

“She is not telling you the truth. This pistillate has been beating that kid for specified a agelong time. The past clip she bushed her, I talked to the schoolhouse absorption and they calmed maine down. But she was shouting astatine maine and I didn’t speech to her,” helium said.

Reacting to the incident, the schoolhouse proprietor, Alhaji Aminu Kani, said that helium was bereaved and retired of town. He added that the substance would beryllium decently investigated upon his return.

He, however, revealed that some the teacher and her Basic Three pupil person been suspended.

“Already, I person taken 2 actions. One, the miss is suspended, and two, the teacher is suspended. They some committed infractions. But erstwhile I return, we volition conclude. But for now, the miss and the teacher are some suspended. Each of them was wrong.

“You don’t let parents to bash what they want. You travel to a people and slap a teacher? She is an adult. What grooming is helium giving his children?

“For the teacher, wherefore is she beating different people’s children? There is nary corporal punishment successful our school. And they cognize it. But erstwhile I return, we volition enactment everything unneurotic and marque a decision. I’m astir to return,” helium said.