The Proprietor of Aces Nursery, Primary and Secondary School, Aminu Kani where a furious parent, Muhammed Jimeta beat up a teacher, Sekinat Adedeji over alleged bullying of his daughter, Karimat Jimeta has vowed to launch an investigation into the matter.
Kani made this known in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja on Friday.
He said, “Yes, there was an incident but I am in Jigawa at the moment. I hope to return soon so that I can investigate the matter and brief you properly. We appreciate your concern.”
The PUNCH had earlier reported that a crisis broke out at Aces Nursery Primary and Secondary School when a parent, Muhammed Jimeta assaulted a teacher, Sekinat Adedeji for allegedly beating his daughter, Karima Jimeta.
The incident occurred on Tuesday, May 28, 2024.
Recounting her ordeal, the teacher, Sekinat Adedeji, said she was holding her three-month-old baby when her pupil’s father, Jimeta, assaulted her.
According to her, she teaches the female pupil, Karima Jimeta, in basic three.
She said, “It happened around 12:30 pm on the 29th of May, 2024 when I used a ruler on her leg when she and others were disturbing and were asked to kneel.
“She gave me ‘wanka’, that was why I beat her on the leg with a small ruler.”
Pronounced as “uwarka” in Hausa, literally meaning ‘Your Mother’, it is an abusive word used by stretching out one’s five fingers toward a person.
A parent who witnessed the incident, Magdalene Ukuedojor, alleged that the female pupil has a habit of insulting everyone, stressing that the father had no justification to lay hands on a nursing mother and teacher of his child.
When contacted, Jimeta said the teacher had been assaulting his child for weeks.
He said, “This woman has been beating that child for such a long time. The last time she beat her, I talked to the school management and they calmed me down. But she was shouting at me and I didn’t talk to her.
“After two days, she beat the child and sent her to come home and tell us that she’s beaten her and dared us to do what we want to do.
“If you see the marks and the blood on her legs, she made me crazy.”
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