My Teacher Killed My Dad, Says 16-Year Old Student

A 16-year-old student has accused her teacher of killing her father during the April post election crisis in Kaduna State.

The student told the post election panel sitting in Kaduna that her History teacher, (name with held) used a machete to kill her 52-year-old father in her presence.

“After the incident, he looked at me and said, ‘l am sorry, forgive me’, and left me and my other siblings,” the  student said.

She explained that her deceased father, Alhaji Abubkar Sidi Ali, was dressed in a female attire in a bid to move him to safety among women and children when he was spotted by her teacher.

According to her, women and children are the only group spared by the rioters during the violent crisis.

She, however, said that the culprit was left walking the streets as no arrest was made to bring him to justice.

The SSS III student of Government Secondary School (GGSS), Zonkwa, Kaduna State was invited as a witness to support a memorandum presented by an NGO, Network for Justice.

She said that her grand parents resided in the area since 1945, adding that she and her parents were born and lived all their lives in Zonkwa, Zangon-Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

The student said the crisis had disrupted her studies and that of her sisters and brothers, who were displaced, lamenting that they could not write their WAEC and JAMB examinations.

She appealed to the Federal Government to investigate and prosecute those  involved in the killings of innocent persons in the area for peace to reign.

Earlier, Dr Bashir Kurfi, the coordinator of the NGO, accused the security agents of taking sides in handling the situation in most of the affected areas.

Kurfi said there would be no peace without good governance and justice to the aggrieved.

He accused Kaduna State Government of  what he described as slow motion intervention into the crisis.

Meanwhile, Mustapha Wali, the Sub-chairman of the panel, adopted the memo and gave the assurance that the panel would investigate and make appropriate recommendations to the Federal Government.