A school teacher, Mr. Ahmed Saheed, who was working at Army Children High School, Epe, Lagos has allegedly been shot dead by one of his students.
The incident happened on Friday, November 19, 2021 at the deceased’s shop where he sold home appliances.
Information gathered from a teacher resident in Epe, indicated that Saheed, also known as World Morgan, among friends, was in the shop when the yet-to-be-identified student and another person arrived on a motorcycle and shot him dead.
According to the source, Saheed had once punished the student, who is said to be a member of Aiye confraternity.
After serving the punishment, the student allegedly vowed to deal with his teacher, who is also believed to be a cult member when he was a student.
The source said, “I know the deceased teacher very well. The teacher happened to be Eiye those days in school. This info doesn’t reflect in the claim from the media so far. The student happens to be Aiye. Nobody is ready to open up that the teacher belonged. What filled the media is the claim that the teacher punished the boy (who) had promised to deal with the teacher ever since.”
Saheed, in his 40s, and the only child of his mother, was buried on Saturday, November 20, 2021.
He was survived by his parents, wife and two kids.
The source said some suspects had been arrested by the police in connection with the murder.
In a related development, a student of Michael Otedola College of Primary Education (MOCPED), Epe identified as Razak Bakare, was shot dead on campus.
Reacting to the killing, Abiodun Tobun, a lawmaker representing Epe Constituency 1 in Lagos State House of Assembly in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) vowed to “take adequate measures to prevent a repeat of such an incident.”
Tobun enjoined students in the area to face their studies and shunned cultism.
The lawmaker also promised to work with traditional ruler and other relevant stakeholders in Epe to fight against cultism, hooliganism, hoodlums and other social vices in the area.
