Kefas condoles family, colleagues of teacher killed by student

By: Bodunrin Kayode

Governor Agbu Kefas has sent a special condolence message to the family and colleagues of Bassey Nkuphee who was stabbed by a student in Jalingo.

This was contained in a statement issued over the weekend by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Digital Communications, Emmanuel Bello.

Bello said recently that the Governor strongly condemned the action of the erring student insisting that a thorough investigation be carried out to ascertain the cause of the action.

Governor Kefas decried the use of drugs by young people in the state adding that it had dangerous consequences on their psyche.

While praying for the repose of the soul of the deceased teacher, Kefas said that no teacher ought to lose their lives while imparting knowledge to students describing the occurrence as highly regrettable.

The Governor said that the free education policy in the state is aimed at securing the future of the youths and ensuring the welfare and well-being of both the teachers and students.

Kefas further noted that the stabbing incidence was an indication of the rot in the society and a wake up call for parents and all stakeholders to intensify their supervisory roles of their wards at home and in the schools.

The deceased, Nkuphee was a teacher with the Government Day Secondary School, Jalingo.

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Meanwhile, the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools, ASUSS, Taraba State Chapter, has announced the withdrawal of the services of its members from all government Secondary schools in the state after the stabbing incident that led to the death of their colleague.

The State Secretary of ASUSS, Dr. Kazon Ishaku, who announced the directive said they have monitored compliance across the 16 local government areas of the state and the feedback has been positive.

He noted that teachers are moulders and builders of future generations, but the latest happening to one of their own has shown that they are now endangered species.

According to him, what happened recently was shocking to them adding that the teacher left home very healthy but by the close of work he had became a corpse

“For us we do not have a better way to express our pain other than to tell our members to suspend academic activities because an injury to one is an injury to all. Today he is the one, we do not know who it will be tomorrow. ” said ishiaku.

Meanwhile, kinsmen of the deceased teacher, Jenjo Community Development Association, JCDA, also called on Taraba State Government to award scholarship to children of the late teacher.

Spokesman of the group, Ezekiel Nemuel, who addressed the press last Friday, said the deceased left behind three children within the ages of 10, 8 and 5 years old.

According to him, ” We condemn in strong terms all forms of violence in schools and communities and thereby call on all security agencies to be proactive in stemming these acts.

“We also call on Taraba State Government to take responsibility for the sustenance and sponsorship of the children of the deceased up to the highest level of education.

Bassey of the Model primary and secondary school in Jalingo was stabbed to death by former students of the school he was teaching.

As at the time of writing this report, the entire school had become a big crime scene as police operatives swarmed the premises following the fatal stabbing of the Teacher by alleged students of the school.

Habibu Dodo, the head teacher of the Model primary school who was a witness of the incident recounts that the school is in shock and will take necessary steps to ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice.

The police Public relation officer Abdullahi Usman confirmed the arrest of the Prime suspect Jesse Williams involved in the killing of the teacher.

He called on the public to exercise patience as the police conduct its investigations.

Although normalcy has been restored to the general area, the incident has negatively affected the academic community in Jalingo.

Kefas condoles family, colleagues of teacher killed by student