The Edo State Government says the parents of the students involved in the viral assault video at Igbinedion Education Centre, a private secondary school in Benin City, would be prosecuted, as it has directed its Police Command to launch a probe into the matter.
The State’s Commissioner for Information, Kassim Afegbua, disclosed this on Monday when he appeared as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.
Afegbua described the case as disturbing, saying the state government has set up a committee to get to the root of the incident.
“It is quite disturbing when we heard it. We were just wondering what could have warranted this,” the commissioner said.
“It is very unacceptable; there would be no justification for that kind of treatment. We took an action that led to the expulsion of the students involved.
“It is not just about the expulsion; we also directed the police to make sure that those students are properly arrested and made to face the full wrath of the law.”
Afegbua added that the Edo State Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika, has assured the state government that the parents of the affected students involved in the bullying would report to the police headquarters and in Benin City.
He said the CP is keen on prosecuting the culprits upon the conclusion of the investigation to avoid a repeat of such an incident.
“It is a wake-up call to parents and also teachers because one would expect an educational centre like Igbinedion Centre to naturally have its own code of ethics in terms of discipline, monitoring, and internal vigilance on their students.
“But for the fact that one of them videoed that incident and sent it out, perhaps no one would have known such an incident happened,” Afegbua stated.
In the video circulating widely on social media, two students were seen repeatedly beating, kicking, and dragging a boy believed to be in a junior class on the floor.
One student used a belt during the assault, and another stomped on the victim’s chest, leaving him crying in pain.
