Adamawa school proprietor, teacher remanded after student’s torture
The proprietor of Aliyu Mustapha College, Yola, Adamawa State, Mrs Amada Pam and his school teacher, Mr. Morgan Effiong, were on Thursday remanded in Jimeta prison for torturing a 14-year-old SS 1 student, Jafa Bashiru.
PUNCH Metro gathered that when the charges were read to the two accused persons, they both pleaded not guilty of the offences levelled against them.
The counsel for the defendants, Chris Ezenwelu, told the court that the offences were bailable and moved an oral application for the bail of the two accused persons.
The police prosecutor, Inspector Rakat Kardam, who requested time to conclude his investigations, told the court that the two accused persons might tamper with the investigations if released on bail.
The Upper Area Court 1 Judge, Shehu Mustapha, after listening to the counsel for the defendants adjourned till 2:30 pm for ruling on the application.
However, a drama played out at the court, at 2:30 pm, as instead of the judge ruling on the application, he invited the proprietor into his office for a closed-door meeting that lasted for over three hours.
Friends of the complainants and family members became apprehensive within the court premises over the judge’s secret meeting with one of the accused persons.
In his office, the judge made a U-turn and directed that the two accused persons should be remanded in prison and adjourned ruling on the bail application to Friday (today).
The father of Jafa, Bashiru Hamman, told PUNCH Metro, that he was in the school to submit his son fees teller when he saw him with blood all over his back and he was forced to kneel in the hot sun.
“When I wanted to enquire what my son had done that he was treated like an animal, the proprietor started raining insults on me and asked me to leave her office,” he said.
He appealed to Nigerians to stand with the family to ensure that his son would get justice and that other parents were not victims of the brutal treatment of students by those who should be their guardians.
