A 16-year-old secondary school student,
Raimi Fatai, reportedly died in Abeokuta, Ogun State
capital, following alleged administration of a liquid
substance on him by three of his classmates during a
ritual.
Vanguard gathered that Fatai and his classmates had
embarked on alleged money-making ritual with one of
them, said to be the son of a native doctor, giving the
deceased and another the substance.
A source close to the students told our correspondent
that they consulted the herbalist to seek protection
charms and ‘traditional knowledge enhancer.’
However, Fatai, who later fell ill after taking the
substance, was said to have died two days later while
the second victim, who was also on the verge of
death, was taken to hospital.
Policemen from Adatan Division were said to have
taken the corpse to a mortuary and arrested the other
students for questioning. Findings have shown that
Fatai’s corpse was later released to his family for
burial.
It was further reported that Fatai’s father, who was
bothered about the sudden death of his son,
approached the father of another student who led
them to the herbalist’s den before the case was
reported to the police.
Authorities of the school (name withheld) summoned
a meeting with the parents of the entire student
populace.
The principal of the school confirmed the incident to
our correspondent but stressed that the incident
occurred outside the premises of the school during
the Valentine period, so there was little the school
authorities could do about it.
When contacted, the Ogun State Police Public
Relation Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said the command
was investigating a sudden and unnatural death
involving students of a secondary school in the state.
Adejobi, however, confirmed that the command had
received conflicting reports on the case, vowing that
the command would do a thorough investigation on
the case.
Vanguard
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