A teacher in a private school, Edet Umoren, in Esugbon, Itamerin
near Ijebu-Ife, Ogun State, on Thursday March 3rd, allegedly killed
a 10-year-old pupil, Precious Adedeji.
Adedeji, who was a pupil
of Favour Nursery and Primary School, was the granddaughter of the proprietor,
Pastor Joseph Olitoye. It was gathered that Umoren allegedly killed the pupil
because Olitoye owed him N8, 000 – the suspect’s salaries for January and
February.
Umoren, who was also said
to be the treasurer of the school proprietor’s church, was alleged to have
seized Adedeji when she and her friend, Patricia, were returning to the school
from where they had gone to buy biscuit and dragged her into nearby bush.
Patricia, it was learnt, escaped from the scene and ran back to
the school premises to inform the proprietor of the attack by Umoren.
Olitoye disclosed that Umoren left two short notes at the scene
of the crime, claiming that he killed the girl because of the failure of the
proprietor to pay him his two months’ salaries of N8,000. He also alleged that Umoren, who until the
incident, was the treasurer of his church, had allegedly stolen over N250,000
from the church’s fund.
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