The Anambra State Government handed a 30-year-old teacher who allegedly beat an 8-year-old pupil to a coma to the Nigeria Police Force.

The incident happened last week at Landmark School Mgbakwu in Awka North Local Government Area of the state.

The State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, who disclosed this to reporters in her office on Monday, also announced the permanent closure of the school.

The school’s Proprietor and the concerned teacher, Faith Nwonye, had been invited on Monday, to explain what led to the brutalization of the primary two pupils.

Addressing newsmen shortly after the meeting, the Anambra Education Commissioner explained that the school’s closure was not only based on the ugly incident but also as a result of its illegality.

Expressing sadness over the development, Chuma-Udeh noted that the medical Doctor handling the case of the child, who is currently on admission, has revealed that the victim’s chances of survival is only 20 percent.

Describing running an illegal school in the state as well as beating a child, as a criminal offence, the Commissioner warned that perpetrators were doing so at their peril.

She said, “We received this unfortunate incident from an illegal school in Mgbakwu that a child was beaten to coma over the weekend.

“On behalf of the State Government, we invited the proprietress of the illegal school as well as the teacher who purportedly beat the child.

“We’ve handed the matter to the police for further investigation as we await Mr Governor’s directives.

“Meanwhile, the school is closed down indefinitely because it’s not supposed to exist in the first instance

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