Students 'Tied to Cross and Flogged With Horsewhips' For Being Late

Two people have been arrested in Ogun State after two students were tied to crosses and flogged with horsewhips — an alleged punishment for being late.

The two – including the proprietor and a principal – were taken into custody after a police officer stumbled across the incident.

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The proprietor, Afolayan Joseph, and the yet-to-be-identified principal were said to have tied the pupils for allegedly coming late to school.

The policeman, who is attached to the Inspector-General of Police Monitoring Unit, told Punch that the pupils were tied to the wooden crosses in the open.

He said, “I was going to work this morning (Wednesday) when I saw some cars parked by the roadside. I discovered that it was because of some pupils that were tied to crosses. When I saw it, I parked and went to meet the proprietor of the school. I introduced myself as a policeman and told him to untie the pupils. He refused, saying there was nothing anybody could tell him that would make him to release them.

“When I tried to untie the pupils, the proprietor and his teachers beat me up. Before I returned from picking handcuffs from my car, they had grabbed a friend who was with me,  Omaje iremi, and beaten him up with a horsewhip.

“I entered the school – with the help of some neighbours who gathered around – to arrest him, but he refused to follow me. I then called the Divisional Police Officer of the Itele Police Station and he sent some policemen to the school, who took everybody to the station.”

Source: Punch.