A Child killed another Child in the Class
THE 10-year-old pupil of All Saints Primary School, Oke-Ijebu in Ondo State, Endurance Ikimi, who shot and killed her classmate, Ismalia Opeyemi, with a double barrel gun Wednesday has been kept in police protective custody.
Speaking with Daily Trust in Akure yesterday, Mr. Adeniran
Aremu, the Public Relations Officer in Ondo State, said there was need to keep the girl in their custody to ensure safety.
Ikimi was picked by police shortly after the incident. Another pupil, Dare Abiodun, who was hit by bullet was said to have been taken to the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife.
Aremu who said the age of Ikimi was between 10 and 13, said she would remain in police protective custody pending when the police complete preliminary investigation, stressing that the command had started investigation on who hid the guns in the school.
Our correspondent who visited the school observed that the classroom and the teachers’ offices were still shut as at yesterday.
Meanwhile, Governor Olusegun Mimiko, fought back tears as he visited the school yesterday, assuring that such an incident which he blamed on the porous nature of most of the schools, would not happen again. He also assured that his government would definitely build schools with the right atmosphere for studies and security.
Mimiko, in commiserating with the teachers and family of the pupil as well as the Anglican Church Community, declared that the incident underscored the decision of his government to build mega primary schools across the State, adding that government was spending N500 million on massive renovation and fencing of all dilapidated primary school buildings across the state.
DAILY Trust Friday, October 8, 2010
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From Adewale Giwa, Akure
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