A senior student of Elkanemi College of Islamic Theology Maiduguri is reported to have attempted to slit the throat of an 11-year-old junior student of the institution, Jubril Mato.
The incident, according to a source, occurred on January 16, 2022 but the school management concealed it with the aim of keeping it away from the public.
The victim was said to have been subjected to the bestial treatment for refusing to run errands for the senior student whose identity is being protected by the school’s management.
Punch reported that Jubril is currently on admission at the intensive care unit of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.
“The senior colleague, from SS2 class, had sent Jubril on an errand, but he didn’t go. That fateful night, he came to pick him up and took him to a quiet place where he used a razor blade to severely cut his neck, injuring most of his arteries, nerves and trachea,” a source from the school stated.
The unidentified student was said to have left his victim after committing the heinous crime.
After some minutes, Jubril who bled profusely, was said to have struggled and trudged to the principal’s office where he reportedly collapsed and became unconscious.
According to the source, he was rushed to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital where he has been in intensive care unit.
The perpetrator of the act, who was alleged to have been on psychotropic substance, was subsequently arrested and handed over to the police for further investigations.
The victim is said to be the son of Late Justice Sadi Mato of the Federal High Court Kano State, and his mother, Hajiya Aisha, remarried a senior civil servant with the Yobe State government.
A staff of the college, who also spoke to journalists, confirmed that the Jubril’s case was not the first as there had been several such cases that occurred in the college but the school management kept them under wraps.
“This is not the first case of armed violence in the college. There are several other cases relating to sexual abuse and armed violence, but the school management had swept it under the carpet. This is likely to mean we are creating more victims as a result of our failure to act,” a teacher of the college who craved anonymity said.
