Some former students of Model Secondary School in Jalingo the Taraba state capital were reported to have stabbed a teacher to death.
The teacher identified as Bassey Sardauna was stabbed outside the school premises while on board a tricycle to go home.
Narrating the incident, the vice principal academics of the school, Mr Tsokwa Sani, said the disturbing event that led to the death of the teacher started from an inter-house inspection which was disrupted by a notorious ex-student who in company of his colleagues visited the school rather unannounced, to school to sign a Nigeria Nigerian Air Force recruitment form.
”Usually, on Thursdays, we hold inter-house inspections and in the process, the said former students stormed the school and tried interrupting, so one of them withdrew and stepped back and asked the other to withdraw and apologise since they are in the school for a worthy purpose. The notorious ex-student declined, saying he cannot withdraw and cannot apologise.
”In the process, the teacher flogged the ex-students, asking that they should leave the school premises, which led to an upheaval that the students reacted by shouting at the former students and they subsequently left the school premises.
”We usually close by 1:40 pm, so, at about 1:2pm, I was reliably informed that the former students regrouped with some touts in town ambush the teacher.
”On getting such information, we asked that he should not step out on foot but rather be taken out in a colleague’s vehicle, a decision he declined, saying the former students cannot stand him in a battle,” the Vice Principal told Channels Television in a telephone conversation.
“In that regard, some of his colleagues numbering three decided to accompany him to the roadside where he boarded a tricycle and in the process of the tricycle taking off the former students alongside the touts attacked him and stabbed him in the leg.
”He was taken to the Federal Medical Centre Jalingo for medical attention after losing so much blood and gave up in the process,” he added.
It was learnt that the remains of the deceased had been deposited at the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre Jalingo.
Reacting, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abdullahi Usman, said a discrete investigation had been launched into the incident as directed by the Commissioner of Police and the culprits would be arrested and charged to court according to law.