Palm wine theft: One dead as parent flogs school teachers in Delta

<p>The Delta State Police Command has arrested one Nnajiofor Nweke over the death of a teacher in Alihame Mixed Secondary School, Agbor.</p>, <p>The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, who made this known via a post on his official X handle on Thursday, explained that the suspect had stormed the school premises and flogged teachers for punishing his son.</p>, <p>According to the PPRO, the suspect’s son, alongside other students, was punished by the teachers for allegedly stealing two kegs of palm wine from a shop.</p>, <p>The suspect, who was angered by the teachers’ action, stormed the school with a cane and flogged the teachers on duty before one of them slumped and died.</p>, <p>Edafe attributed the incident, which occurred on Wednesday, to poor parenting.</p>, <p>The post reads, “On 18th 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.</p>, <p>“The matter was reported to the school authorities, and the students were flogged. 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.</p>, <p>“The suspect is currently in SCID undergoing investigation for a suspected case of murder. See what I am always talking about today.”</p>