A 19 year old student of Gaskia College,
Amukoko, Lagos, Saka Hammed, who allegedly
stabbed the school’s Labour prefect, Saheed
Jimoh, to death on Wednesday for punishing
him over being late to school, has been arrested
by police.
He was allegedly arrested by policemen
attached to Amukoko Division, sometime
around 6.40p.m. yesterday.
According to Vanguard, when they visited
Gaskia College yesterday, normal school
activities had resumed as students were seen in
their respective classes receiving lectures.
Officials from the office of Educational Quality
Assurance, Zone 14, were also seen in the
school, compiling reports of the incident.
A man who identified himself as the Vice
Principal said he couldn’t talk to reporters.
However, a student, who spoke on condition of
anonymity, said:
“There are several cult factions in the school.
It is an open secret that many students are
involved in cult-related activities and the use
of charms.
“One of the common charms used by some of
the students is called ‘no touch blood’, which
is a very poisonous charm that kills instantly
when it comes in contact with blood.
“Perhaps, in the case of Saheed, his killer
could have tried to test the potency of the
charm.”
Another senior student of the school revealed
that that Hammed only resumed for the term on
Monday. He said Hammed had failed woefully
and was supposed to repeat SSS 2. He said he
used to be in the same class as the deceased
when they were in SS2 but the deaceased passed
and was promoted to SSS 3. But he stopped
coming to school.
He said:
“On Monday, his father brought him to school
to see the principal. Only for the incident to
occur on Wednesday.