For Daniel Agboola, a Senior Secondary School Two pupil of Camp David Academy, Ogba, Lagos State, Friday, March 29 is a date etched in
The day had begun like any other as Daniel and his classmates
“As we moved out, he stood by the narrow door. As the last pupil
Convinced that he did not hit Olaleye, Daniel said he politely told him so, but that became his undoing.
“He did not allow me to say any other thing. He took his cane and started beating me,” he said.
Daniel recalled that as Olaleye continued to flog him, the cane landed on one his right eye and he collapsed.
He said: “I became weak. It was like I was dead. I could not
“It was when my classmates shouted that blood was coming out of my
“The school sent for a doctor who happened to be one of the
“The school accountant and I went to the nearby Blue Cross Hospital in Ogba, but we were told that no eye doctor was available and we
“The doctor, after testing the eye, said there was nothing wrong
“All the while we were moving around, blood was still coming out of
“The accountant and
“We went back to the school and I later went home with the eye drops
Daniel added: “On Saturday (the day after the incident), the school
“They said there was nothing wrong with the eye but that the blood
“When we got there on Thursday for another round of tests, they still said that nothing was wrong with the eyes.
“It was when we went back there on Friday that we met the eye
“He prescribed another eye drop for me because the eye pressure had
“He said the operation could not be done immediately because the pressure of the eye must return to normal first.
“He said the operation would cost N1 million, but the school said the money was too much and that we should try other hospitals.
“The school also took me to
“The doctor also said I had
Daniel said since the incident, he had not been able to go anywhere.
He said: “I have to sit in one place. I can’t look down; I have to always look straight. I could not even finish my exam.
“I can only see with my left eye. My right eye can no longer
Daniel’s mother, Hannah Agboola, blamed the school for not
“What I know is that when something happens to a child, the father, mother or guardian should be first called to be notified and decide
She lamented that after the teacher beat her son and he fell down, the teacher kept beating him and did nothing to help the boy.
She said: “Daniel could not sleep the night the incident happened.
“Due to this, my blood pressure rose to over 250. Since the incident, I have not gone to work. I have not been to my shop. I have lost money taking care of Daniel.”
She recalled that two of the eye drops bought for her son were expired.
She said: “We discovered the Monday after the incident on April 1,
“But the school director later begged. While this was going on, we
“The ministry told me they would handle the case; that it was already a government matter and that they would call me. But I have not
“My son is not troublesome, I gave birth to him and I know him well.
She said: “The liquid drops have stopped but the eye is still
When The Nation ‘s reporter visited the school, the Head of Schools,
She said: “There was a case but it was an accident, and it is not
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