corp member in trouble after student she caned dies 6days later from swollen hand

Detectives at Homicide section of State Criminal
Investigation Department, Iyaganku, Ibadan, are
currently trying to resolve a mystery through
investigations after a member of the National
Youths Service Corps (names withheld) serving
at Akingbile Oluana Grammar School, Moniya, Ibadan was brought to them on the allegation
that a student she caned died six days after. According to Crime Reports, the female corper
disciplined about six students, among whom was
one Esther Oyeleke, a 14-year-old girl in JSS1. The
corper reportedly gave the six students two strokes
of cane each on January 24 for playing during
teaching period and for not responding when she asked their colleagues to call them. Surprisingly, the parents of the girl brought her back
to the school on January 27 and said the hand on
which she was beaten was swollen. With the belief
that two strokes of cane could not cause such an
injury, the parents were advised to take the girl to
the hospital for medical treatment. From a swollen hand, the girl's condition deteriorated
so much that by January 30, her entire body
became swollen, according to information gathered
by Crime Reports, and it was then she was taken to
one Osoko Maternity Hospital where she was
confirmed dead. Her death reportedly led to a mini protest as the
girl's relations went to the school to disrupt
academic activities. When the case was reported at
Moniya Division, it was immediately transferred to
the State CID for investigations.

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