CRIME Mother, daughter arrested for allegedly flogging teacher to death

Amiddle aged woman and her daughter have been arrested by the police for allegedly flogging a teacher to death in Anambra State.

The deceased, simply identified as Rita, an Igbo teacher and class mistress at Starlight Secondary School, Ogidi, Idemili North LGA of the state was said to have slumped and died following alleged beating by the woman, her daughter and another man.

Daily Trust gathered that the deceased had flogged the daughter of the woman, simply identified as Chinaza, over her refusal to sweep the classroom.

A teacher in the school, who preferred anonymity, said the deceased, had on entry to the class that fateful morning, queried why the classroom was unkept, and demanded who among the students was responsible for the sweeping.

“She was told that Chinaza was supposed to sweep the class before going home the previous day, but she did not.

“When she asked her the reason for her negligence, the girl responded in a rude way and the teacher flogged her,” he said.

According to him, while she was being flogged, the girl quickly ran out, scaled over the school fence and went home, where she narrated her punishment to her mother.

“The mother rushed to the school carrying sticks in company of her daughter and a male relation,” he said.

He however said the trio did not meet the deceased on arrival at the school as the teacher had left for a meeting outside the school premises.

“All efforts by some of us to calm the mother down and allow the school authority handle the case, proved abortive as she swore to revenge by herself,” he said.

Daily Trust however gathered that the deceased was later intercepted at the entrance to the school gate by the trio while on their way out and they immediately pounced on her, beating her to death.

When contacted, the Divisional Police Officer, incharge of the area, Mark Ijarafu, confirmed the incident, saying “We have arrested the mother, daughter and one other person.

“The corpse of the teacher has been deposited at Iyi-Enu mortuary, while investigation is ongoing,” he added.