Panic As Snake Slides Into Headmaster’s Office, K!lls Head Teacher At Dilapidated School In FCT

The head teacher of the Local Education Authority (LEA) Primary School in Jamigbe community, Gawu Ward, Abaji Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has d!ed after being bitten by a snake.

The village chief of Jamigbe community, disclosed this while speaking during a visit by Daily Trust.

Aliyu said the snake entered through a crack in the wall of the headmaster’s office, hid under a chair, and attacked him the moment he entered.

He explained that the head teacher had arrived at the school in the morning to open his office and that as he prepared to sit down, a cobra struck.

The chief noted that the snake spat venom into the teacher’s eyes during the encounter, adding that the victim was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital in the neighboring Lambata village of Niger State.

According to the chief, the head teacher was pronounced d3ad a few hours later. He blamed the tragedy on the dilapidated state of the school’s infrastructure.

The incident, he said, threw the entire community—including parents and teachers—into a state of fear and mourning.

According to him, shortly after the attack, community members mobilized to the office and k!lled the snake.

“The unfortunate thing is that when I received information about the incident, members of the community discovered that the snake had passed through a broken wall into the head teacher’s office,” Aliyu said.

The chief said the structure, built through community efforts years ago, has fallen into a state of total disrepair. 

Aliyu added that it was only by God’s grace that pupils in the adjacent classroom were spared, noting that the walls in the learning areas are also cracked and crumbling.

“The pupils sit in a classroom attached to the head teacher’s office where the walls are also broken. This is extremely dangerous for the children too,” he said.

He noted that while there are two existing classrooms, there is no formal administrative block; the community-built office was the only administrative space available.

Describing the late head teacher as a hardworking and committed educator, the chief prayed for his soul.

He further called on the LEA to liaise with the Area Council or the FCT Universal Basic Education Board (UBEB) to build befitting classrooms and offices for the school.