JSS 1 Student Allegedly Stoned to Death by Schoolmate in Onitsha

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A Junior Secondary School 1 student of Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha, has been allegedly stoned to death by one of his schoolmates.

The incident reportedly took place on the school premises on February 12.

A Facebook user, Mizta Nnamdi, who shared a report of the incident on his wall, attributed it to envy for the victim, as well as laxity on the part of the school.

He blamed the management of the school for failing to ensure that the victim promptly received the life-saving treatment he required for the life-threatening injuries he suffered.

The unnamed assailant had allegedly threw a large stone from the upper floor of the school’s dormitory targeting the victim’s head while he was busy watching his colleagues playing football.

The victim slumped and immediately became unconscious, while his mates hurriedly carried him to the school’s clinic.

From there, he was taken to a Government-owned hospital in town, from where he was taken to another private hospital.

The victim eventually died before he could get help.

The post was however silent on the action taken against the alleged culprit.

Read the full post below:

This is Emmanuel Chukwuebuka Nnanna, a JSS 1 student at, Dennis Memorial Grammar School Onitsha, A native of Oburo Ogwa in Mbaitoli LGA, Imo state. He died on Tuesday 12th February 2019 through a large stone thrown to crush his head from the school dormitory window by his fellow envious student.

This happened after school hours, (when) the victim was said to (have) finished eating in the school cafeteria; fetched water with his gallon; kept the water in his corner and came outside to play football.

He met two students playing football (and) asked if he could join them and the two boys playing the football told him to wait for they were playing turn by turn.

While waiting and watching them, a mischievous student carried a large stone they used to hold the dormitory door, targeted the victim from upstairs and hit the large stone on his head. The victim fell down immediately and became unconscious.

The two boys playing the football carried him to the school clinic, (but) there was no equipment to handle his case, so one of the clinic attendants carried him out (of) the school gate and started looking for Keke (tricycle).

He got one that took him to general hospital Onitsha where no treatment was given to him. They later took him to Iyi Enu hospital after he had already bled to death.

While all this was going on, they did not contact his father. Kanayo hospital and other private hospitals are very close to DMGS, and instead of them to take him there as his case was and emergency, they rushed him to general hosputal and then far away Iyi Enu because it’s (an) Anglican hospital.

Just like that an innocent boy that lost his mother when he was only three years; a super intelligent boy with multiple talent died because of his fellow student’s envy and school management’s carelessness.

RIP junior blood.