Police arrest man for allegedly flogging teacher to death in Delta

Police arrest man for allegedly flogging teacher to death in Delta

Nnajiofor Nweke is being held in police custody for flogging a teacher to death at his son’s high school in Delta State.

DSP Bright Edafe, the Delta State Police spokesperson, confirmed this on Thursday, calling the event of failed parenting a murder case.

“On the 18th of October 2023, the suspect, Nnajiofor Nweke, a father of one student (name withheld) at Alihame Mixed secondary School Agbor, on the said date, his son alongside some other students went to a palm wine shop and allegedly stole two kegs of palm wine,” Edafe stated.

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He added that the matter was reported to the school authorities and the students were flogged.

The Delta Police spokesman said that the suspect came to the school in protest with a cane and started flogging teachers in the school.

“One of the teachers slumped and died. The suspect is currently in SCID, undergoing investigation for a suspected case of murder.

“See what I am always talking about today, parenting. Now he has gotten himself into trouble,” Edafe posted on X (formerly Twitter).

Police arrest man for allegedly flogging teacher to death in Delta