Former students of Model Secondary School in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba state, are reportedly involved in the fatal stabbing of their teacher.
Bassey Sardauna, the teacher, was allegedly stabbed outside the school premises while aboard a tricycle heading home.
In a telephone interview with Channels Television, the school’s Vice Principal Academics, Tsokwa Sani, revealed that the incident leading to the stabbing originated from an inter-house inspection. It was reportedly disrupted by a former student who entered the school premises to sign a form.
“Trouble started when a former student accompanied his colleague to school to sign a Nigeria Air Force form,” he said.
”Usually on Thursdays, we hold inter-house inspections and in the process the said former students stormed the school and tried interrupting, so one of them withdrew and stepped back and asked the other to withdraw and apologise since they are in the school for a purpose.”
”The former student declined saying he cannot withdraw and cannot apologise.”
”In the process, the teacher flogged the former student asking that they should leave the school premises which led to an upheaval that the students reacted by shouting at the former students and they subsequently left the school premises.”
”We usually close by 1:40 pm, so, at about 1:20 pm I was reliably informed that the former students regrouped with some louts and were hiding waiting for the teacher to step out.”
”On getting such information we asked that he should not step out on foot but rather be taken out in a colleague’s vehicle, a decision he declined saying the former students cannot stand him in a battle,” he added.
“In that regard, some of his colleagues numbering three decided to accompany him to the roadside where he boarded a tricycle, and in the process of the tricycle taking off the former students alongside the touts attacked him and stabbed him in the leg.”
”He was taken to the Federal Medical Centre Jalingo for medical attention after losing so much blood and gave up in the process.”
His body has been placed in the morgue at the Federal Medical Centre in Jalingo.
Meanwhile, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abdullahi Usman, has acknowledged the assault.
He revealed that a discreet investigation has been initiated into the incident as per the Commissioner of Police’s directive, and the perpetrators will be apprehended and prosecuted in accordance with the law.