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. 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.
Edafe attributed the incident, which occurred on Wednesday, to poor parenting. The post reads, 'On 18th October 2023, the suspect Nnajiofor Nweke, a father of one student 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. 'The matter was reported to the school authorities, and the students were flogged.