Ogun state: Student-teacher attempts suicide after pupil loses eye in classroom accident
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a student-teacher, Adeola Adeyemo, for allegedly causing an 11-year-old pupil, Alao Idera, to lose her right eye.
Idera, a primary six student at Owiwi Nursery and Primary School in Obada Oko, Ogun State, was injured in what the police described as an accidental incident.
Adeyemo, a 400-level student at Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu Ode, was undergoing her teaching practice at the school when the incident occurred.
According to Police Public Relations Officer Omolola Odutola, Adeyemo was holding a cane while preparing for an end-of-year party. A group of pupils rushed toward her, and in the commotion, the cane accidentally pierced Idera’s right eye.
The pupil was immediately rushed to the Federal Medical Centre in Abeokuta, where surgeons removed her injured eye. Police clarified that the teacher neither flogged Idera nor was there any wrongdoing on the pupil’s part, attributing the incident to an unfortunate accident.
“The child was immediately taken to the Federal Medical Centre in Abeokuta for treatment. Following this complaint, the teacher, Adeola Adeyemo, a 400-level student from Tai Solarin University in Ijebu Ode who was in teaching practice, was swiftly arrested and is currently being interrogated” she said.
Following the incident, Adeyemo reportedly attempted suicide but was rushed to the hospital and is now in stable condition.
” it was simply a situation where the teacher, preparing for an end-of-year party, was holding a cane, as teachers often do.
“However, when the student rushed toward her, the cane accidentally caused injury to the student’s eye. The 11-year and old primary six student underwent surgery at the Federal Medical Centre, where her right eye was removed.”
“after realising that the student’s right eye had been removed, the teacher attempted suicide, but was quickly rushed to the hospital where she is currently stable” she concluded
The police are currently interrogating the student-teacher while investigations continue.
