The principal of Mt. St. Gabriel’s Secondary School in Makurdi, Father John Asen, has been forced to embark on administrative leave with immediate effect after he allegedly brutalizes a student.
The directive was handed down by the Diocesan Bishop, Wilfred Anagbe, who asked the principal to vacate his office following a preliminary investigation in a petition against him, The Nation reports.
The petition bothers on the physical abuse and torture of the student.
The Education Secretary, Father Terungwa Tor has asked Father Asen to hand over the administration of school affairs to the vice-principal.
Prior to Asen’s suspension, several photographs of the brutalized student went viral on social media some days ago.
In one account, a man took to social media to accuse a principal and two teachers of a school in Benue State of physically assaulting a student for missing classes.
Another user on the platform who was an ex-student of the school also posted the photographs saying, they used to hear good news from the school while they were there.
See the post he made below;
“A priest/principal/staff that superintends over this kind of dehumanization should have nothing to do with administration. This is beyond evil! And for missing classes?
“We once heard only news of glory coming out from my alma mater, not this…
“I’m pained because one of the persons fingered in this beat us like slaves while we were just 11year olds in JSS2 and has continued with manhandling students without any consequences.
“This happened in a PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE?
“People should be behind bars.”
