Outrage in FGC Akwa Ibom as senior’s bully allegedly leads to JSS 1 student’s death

There is simply a nationalist disquiet pursuing the decease of a 12-year-old Junior Secondary School pupil of Federal Government College Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, Ufokobong Edwin Godwin, connected Easter Sunday.

It was gathered that precocious Ufokobong was tortured successful the schoolhouse hostel by his elder pupil successful Senior Secondary 3 (SS3) earlier the Easter holiday.

Narrating the incident, 1 of the students who lived successful the aforesaid edifice with the deceased, said the Senior Student approached the unfortunate for his provisions during the terminal examinations but the deceased workfellow refused, insisting that helium didn’t person capable to share.

He said, “A chap pupil (a elder pupil successful SS3) asked the lad for provisions, but helium refused.

“The elder deed him connected the neck, aft which helium went into a coma and different students raised the alarm prompting the compound maestro to come. He was rushed to hospital.

“He aboriginal regained consciousness successful the infirmary and was taken backmost to school. When the vacation came, the parents picked him up without being informed of immoderate incidental involving their son. (Perhaps the schoolhouse did not deliberation the wounded was that serious.)”

He said erstwhile the parents picked the lad up connected closing day, the schoolhouse absorption refused to pass them of what happened to the lad truthful a...