A trainee teacher in Ogun State, Adeola A. Adeyemo, has been arrested after an 11-year-old pupil, Alao Idera, lost her right eye in a classroom incident.
The unfortunate event occurred on Tuesday, December 2, at Owiwi Nursery and Primary School in Obada Oko, where Adeyemo, a 400-level student of Tai Solarin University, Ijagun, was undergoing teaching practice.
According to the Ogun State Police Command spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, the pupil accidentally ran into a cane held by Adeyemo while she was addressing the class.
The impact caused severe damage to the pupil’s eye, necessitating the removal of the eyeball during surgery at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta.
The pupil’s family reported the incident to the police, leading to Adeyemo’s arrest.
SP Odutola revealed that the teacher, visibly shaken by the outcome, attempted to ingest harmful substances upon learning that the injury had resulted in the pupil’s blindness.
The police are investigating the case.
“On December 2, 2024, around 3:00 PM, Ilesami Christiana, residing at Sabo, Abeokuta, reported that she received a phone call informing her that a teacher had injured her 11-year-old daughter, Alao Idera, in the right eye while she was attending school at Owiwi Nursery and Primary School in Obada Oko.
“The child was immediately taken to the Federal Medical Centre in Abeokuta for treatment. Following this complaint, the teacher, Adeola Adeyemo, a 400-level student from Tai Solarin University in Ijebu Ode who was on teaching practice, was swiftly arrested and is currently being interrogated. Further updates will be provided.
“The teacher didn’t flog her, the student didn’t commit anything, just the way teachers hold cane, and saying, preparing for end of year party, student rushed into the cane, but the question is why was she holding a cane? Primary 6 , 11yrs. She was operated on at FMC and the right eye was removed
“The student teacher (Adeyemo Adeola) on hearing the situation of her pupil attempted to drink harmful substances, but the police rushed her to hospital and she is now stable,” Odutola stated.
