The final-year student of O’Reilly Senior High School who stabbed his colleague to death has been arrested.
The suspect reportedly stabbed another student multiple times following a misunderstanding.
The incident happened on Monday, September 2, 2024, after they sat for an examination.
The altercation reportedly began as a heated exchange over who was wealthier, escalating into a physical fight.
According to a cousin of the deceased, who is also a student at the school, the fight initially seemed trivial.
“He had a paper in the morning and came to me that he was done with his paper. A few minutes later we heard some noise at the back and we asked what was wrong and they said it was Godwin and Edward fighting. I asked what’s the fight about and they said it was nothing serious.
“The whole thing was about, ‘you, what do you have? I have this and that, you’re lying’. That was what brought the fight. So, I thought the whole thing was nothing.
“A few minutes later, the Godwin guy came up to me and asked me to warn my brother or else his blood will flow and I told him it has not gotten to that,” she narrated.
She added that Edward sought help from some teachers in the school when the fight escalated but they ignored him.
Meanwhile, the father of the deceased has accused the teachers of negligence.
He said neither the school administration, the attacker’s family, nor the police has reached out to them regarding the situation.
“We want answers from the school authority, and the parents of the boy and the police. What happened to the extent of leading to the student stabbing his friend? That’s all we want. We want justice, and we want the school authority to explain to us if the teachers were not at the school when it happened, or they were there, or they did not care.”
He added that the administration had invited police officers to prevent them from accessing the campus.