The Kaduna State Schools Quality Assurance Authority (KSSQAA) has sealed Al-Azhar Academy, a private secondary school in Zaria Kaduna State over a student beaten to death on Friday.
WikkiTimes reports that the Principal of the school, and his Vice allegedly flogged a JSS 3 student identified as Marwanu Nuhu-Sambo to death for absenteeism.
The police in the state said both the principal and his vice were arrested while a discrete investigation was commenced to fish out the remaining accomplice.
In a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday in Kaduna, Dr Usman Abubakar, the Director General (DG) of the KSSQAA, said the state’s Ministry of Education, representing the State government, had launched a fact-finding mission and the school to remain closed.
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“In the interim, guided by the provisions of its Establishment Act (amended 2015), the KSSQAA has closed down Al-Azhar Academy, Zaria and the school premises remains sealed pending the outcomes of the investigation,” he said
He said their visit to Zaria was to assemble the sequence of events that transpired from the Al-Azhar Academy, where the incident happened, to the victim’s home, to offer condolences and engage with the bereaved family and some schoolmates of the victim.
Abubakar added that the KSSQAA team visited the Divisional Police Headquarters, Zaria City, where the school principal and the vice-principal were being detained.
“The fact-finding team then moved to Hajiya Gambo Sawaba General Hospital, Zaria, where the victim was formally confirmed dead. Finally, KSSQAA team visited the graveyard where the victim was said to have been put to rest, and a fresh-looking grave was observed,” he said.
He urged members of the general public to remain calm and law-abiding while the investigation continued for justice to be served accordingly.
