A teacher whose pupil was allegedly raped by the school driver has passed away due from injuries sustained during a fierce protest by an angry mob that stormed the school to express their grievances.
A 53-year-old teacher, Mrs. Folasade Ademosu, has died in Abesan Estate, in the Ipaja area of Lagos State, days after one of the pupils in her class was allegedly raped by the school bus driver.
It was learnt that the four-year-old nursery two pupil of the Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Ipaja, Bolu (pseudonym), was allegedly raped by the suspect, identified as Yemi Adesina, inside the classroom on Thursday, September 17.
Punch gathered that angry residents had stormed the school on Akinola Road, Oja bus stop, Ipaja, the following day, and vandalised property, saying the school allegedly shielded the suspect.
The mob, which caused confusion on the premises, reportedly injured Adeshina before policemen from the Ipaja division arrested the suspect and some of the attackers. It was learnt that in the ensuing violence, the 53-year-old, who was said to have pre-existing medical conditions, fell to the ground.
It was gathered that Folasade, who was invited by the police in Ipaja, and at the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba, for questioning, slumped on September 24, in her apartment, Block 68, Abesan Estate.
She was said to have died while being rushed to the hospital. It was learnt that the victim, who reportedly bled for about a week after the rape, had been withdrawn from the school by her parents and enrolled in a new school.
The suspect has been transferred to the SDCI, for further investigation.