Pupil Beaten To Coma By Teacher In Anambra School Dies
A pupil of the Landmark International School, Mgbakwu in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Henry Okonkwo, who was reportedly beaten to a coma by a teacher has died.
Osun Defender had reported that Faith Nwonye, a 30-year-old teacher at the school
was arrested for allegedly beating the eight-year-old pupil into a coma, on Monday
It was gathered that the boy gave up the ghost in the early hours of Wednesday.
Recall that the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, had earlier invited Nwoye to explain what led to the brutalisation of the child on Monday, May 20, 2024.
Chuma-Udeh had expressed sadness over the development, lamenting that the chances of the victim’s survival currently in admission to a hospital are 20 percent, according to the medical doctor.
Taking to her verified Facebook wall on Thursday, the commissioner lamented the death of the boy, saying he was a boy like any other, with hopes and aspirations.
She wrote, “He was a boy like any other, with hopes and aspirations. He went to school for a better future but met a gruesome death at the hands of the people who were supposed to help him achieve his life ambition.
“A quack teacher in an illegal school bludgeoned him to death. We mourn a life nipped in the bud! We mourn Henry Chukwuemeka Okonkwo! We mourn and we seek justice.”
